Chapter 1: Entering the Vast Expanse for the First Time, Huang Xiaoyao Masters the Secret Technique

  Hongmeng had not yet been judged, Pangu was born and opened up the sky and earth, the primordial chaos divided into heaven and earth, the universe was vast and desolate. The desolation first opened, Pangu's flesh and blood transformed into the true form of the great earth.

  The vast land is filled with a chaotic aura, and there are also Chaotic Springs emerging everywhere, the sky and earth are hazy.

  When heaven and earth were first separated, the interaction between yin and yang began, transforming the primordial chaos into a single vital energy. This single vital energy transformed into the ultimate pole of yin and yang, which gave birth to the five elements and thus formed all things.

  All things give birth to flesh and blood, accomplish the spirit, but the chaotic air forms its spiritual wisdom, ferocious and powerful, ravaging the vast wilderness, taking the chaotic air as food, the earth has just formed mountains, it was destroyed by it, thus accomplishing the great ancient evil spirit's mighty reputation.

  There are also some special gases that turn into living spirits, born with the knowledge of good and evil, born with infinite magical powers, not afraid of the chaotic air, manipulating clouds with one hand, creating rain with the other, turning rivers upside down without any limitations. With one hand they hold up great mountains, with the other they grasp rivers. They are born to take the ferocious spirits of chaos as their enemies, and thus are called Pre-Heavenly Divine Spirits.

  The southern wilderness is a place where evil spirits of heaven and earth reside.

  The Huanghuang mountain range stretches for billions of miles, its height is like a pillar supporting the sky, it winds on and on like a dragon's shape. There are countless deep gorges, strange cliffs, and dense forests covering it, forming the grandeur of the Huanghuang mountains. Above, ferocious spirits roam, hence the name Ferocious Spirit Mountain Range.

  "Roar!"

  Only a creature with a body of several tens of thousands of miles in length flew into the sky, looking up at the sky and letting out a long howl. Its head was like that of a camel, its horns were like those of a deer, its eyes were like those of a rabbit, its ears were like those of an ox, its neck was like that of a snake, its belly was like that of a crocodile, its scales were like those of a carp, its claws were like those of an eagle, and its palms were like those of a tiger. On its back there were eighty-one scales, with the number nine repeated nine times. Its voice was like the sound of a bronze bell, and it had whiskers on either side of its mouth, a bright pearl under its chin, and inverted scales under its throat. On its back grew four pairs of wings, one flap covering several tens of billions of miles.

  He was seen flipping clouds and rain, big or small, with a mouthful of air, as if it were a black hole, the chaotic air gathered from all sides.

  "Ugh!"

  There was a strange creature, with its feet treading on the clouds of chaos, flying up into the sky. Its eyes glowed fiercely as it confronted the dragon-like monster, as if warning that this was its territory. The creature had the appearance of a dog, with long hair and four legs, but no paws. It had eyes but could not see, it moved without opening its mouth, it had two ears but could not hear. It had a human-like intelligence, but its abdomen did not have the five internal organs, and its intestines were straight and did not twist.

  "Eight-winged yuanlong, this is my territory, get out of here!" The dog-like monster said.

  "Roar! Hundun, also one of the top ten evil spirits, today I'm going to change the rankings a bit. Let me see, what makes you Hundun rank first? The Eight Wastes are mine alone, the Primordial Dragon's Spear!" A dragon-shaped monster didn't say another word and condensed a spear several tens of thousands of feet long in its mouth, charging at the dog-like monster.

  "Hmph, a minor trick, don't you know why I'm called Chaos? All the Chaos energy is my body, wherever there's Chaos energy, I am invincible! Come on, watch my Chaos devour!" Chaos said, and suddenly a black hole appeared out of thin air, charging towards the long spear. The moment the spear encountered the black hole, it instantly disintegrated like tofu.

  "Roar!"

  Two massive forces of oppression caused the chaotic yuanqi of the Xiongling Mountains to churn and scatter, only to see countless Xiongling bodies prostrate on the ground, trembling with fear, as if kneeling in worship to their sovereign.

  A contest of momentum, the Chaos seemed to have the upper hand. The Eight-Winged Original Dragon retracted its aura, shrinking it by ten thousand times, hiding in the void and disappearing from sight.

  "This place is yours for now, humph. Once I've mastered the 'Eight Desolations Only I, Yuan Dragon Technique', I'll come find you and settle this." A domineering voice came from afar.

  "Hmph, if it weren't for the sake of surviving this Chaos Origin Tribulation, and if this place didn't have the largest Chaos Spring Eye, do you think I'd be interested in this place? Fighting all day, it's better to spend more time thinking about how to survive this tribulation. The Chaos Origin Tribulation, the opening of heaven and earth, responding to the number of calamities... Heh heh, whether or not one can survive is still unknown." Chaos muttered to himself, then flew into the depths of the mountain range, disappearing in the place where the Chaos energy was most abundant.

  The oppressive atmosphere vanished, and the ferocious spirits that had been kneeling on the Ferocious Spirit Mountain Range let out a loud roar, venting their pent-up frustration. Some even began to fight each other, devouring other ferocious spirits.

  Mountains collapsed and the earth split, blood flowed for a thousand miles, fresh blood dyed the ground red, and for a time the evil spirits were blinded by their own rage.

  However, no one noticed that a hundred miles away from the battlefield of the evil spirits, there was the lowest valley in the mountain range of the evil spirits. This valley gradually formed a blood lake as the evil spirits fought, with various colors of blood flowing into the blood lake, emitting heat and containing enormous energy.

  A small black and white mouse was shivering with fear, crouching cautiously by the riverbank, stretching out its tiny tongue to continuously suck up blood from the Blood Lake.

  Only a small mouse, the size of a fist, with smooth hair like crystal, white head, black and shiny body, strong limbs, claws emitting cold light. What's most shocking is a pair of green eyes, an inch of light shooting out from them, captivating the soul.

  It reminds people of the idiom "mouse eyes and inch light" at a glance!

  It's strange to say, the small mouse's tiny body seemed to contain a black hole, and blood kept flowing into his mouth, but the water level of the blood lake within several miles around him continued to drop, yet the little mouse remained unchanged.

  After a long time, the evil spirits probably got tired and full, stopped fighting, and returned to their nests, hibernating, while the blood lake in the valley no longer increased its blood.

  The evil spirits wouldn't notice a tiny existence in their eyes, the little mouse remained unchanged, constantly sucking blood from the Blood Lake with its mouth. One day, two days, one month, two months, the evil spirits were dormant and unaware of the passage of time. The little mouse finally licked its lips with its tongue, seemingly unsatisfied, glanced at the dry Blood Lake, and then flashed into the ground, disappearing without a trace.

  In the depths of the mountains, thousands of miles away, in a simple cave, there was nothing except for a chaotic-colored stone in the middle. At this moment, a black light flashed by, and on top of the stone, a fist-sized old mouse appeared. Its eyes emitted a one-inch long green light, shining with wisdom.

  A little mouse lay on the stone, its mouth slightly open, and a bright red ball floated out of its mouth. The ball rotated round and round, emitting a pure and unparalleled aura, as if it contained infinite mysteries inside. After rotating for a while, the ball floated back into the little mouse's mouth. The little mouse let out a satisfied sigh, closed its eyes, and fell fast asleep.

  The years are unknown, the primordial aura of the vast continent has changed, the clear air rises, and the turbid air sinks. The sky is getting higher and higher, the earth is getting thicker and thicker, while the evil spirits' temper is getting more and more violent, attacking each other, even fighting with the pre-heavenly divine spirits, becoming more and more intense, until the sky is darkened by their battles. As the evil spirits die, they transform into primordial spiritual energy that disperses into the heavens and earth, while the pre-heavenly living spirits also transform into special primordial energy, evolving the vast continent's wilderness, even transforming into stars in the sky.

  In the depths of the mountains, thousands of miles underground, in a mysterious cave, only a small mouse's body was slowly growing on the stone. A series of mysterious symbols flashed by, its fur becoming brighter, longer and harder, as if transformed into a divine sharp weapon. When the mouse grew to the size of a washbasin, it suddenly opened its eyes, with an even more brilliant green light, as if able to see the scenery above ground.

  "The Great Devouring Technique and the Great Bloodline Technique are indeed a perfect match. Using the Great Devouring Technique to devour and refine blood, then using the Great Bloodline Technique to change one's bloodline and physique, making the body stronger with each passing day. Unfortunately, I don't know how to cultivate it, so I can only change my bloodline and cultivate my body. If not, I would have transformed long ago. However, bloodline and physique are just the foundation. I believe that one day, I will stand at the pinnacle of this world." The little mouse lay down again, with a glimmer of reminiscence flashing in his eyes.

  "I have been in this world for many years, when I first came, I was just a weak and small mouse, I didn't expect to live until now, and even inherited the bloodline of the Swallowing Heaven Mouse."

  This old mouse is Huang Xiaoyao, he was originally a 21st-century otaku who struggled for three meals a day. He had no house, no car, and his girlfriend lived a life of luxury with someone else, but he also resigned himself to it, still working hard, hoping to make a name for himself one day.

  One day, a friend picked up a leak worth over a million on Antique Street, equivalent to half a lifetime of hard work. Huang Xiaoyao also had the idea of giving it a try and unexpectedly saw a rather mysterious mouse carving on the first day. He bought it back with a moving heart, but was hit by a speeding Ferrari on the way home and died on the spot.

  At this moment, the mouse statue suddenly flew into the air, spinning and gradually forming a black hole that swallowed Huang Xiaoyao's soul. When Huang Xiaoyao woke up, he had turned into a powerless mouse, identical to the statue.

  At first, Huang Xiaoyou found it hard to accept the body of a mouse. However, one day, when he saw countless monsters wielding the power of overturning seas and rivers, he suddenly realized that this world was full of mysteries and dangers, and there were immortals, as well as ways to become stronger.

  Huang Xiaoyao's mindset changed instantly, what about being a mouse? Can't I become stronger? Can't I become a mouse demon? Can't I grasp the divine power? Huang Xiaoyao began to absorb the chaotic yuanqi floating in space.

  "Rumble!" With a sound, as if the drum of dawn and the bell of dusk, Huang Xiaoyao's soul obtained a memory and a mysterious energy flowed into his body, transforming it, giving Huang Xiaoyao initial power. After absorbing the memories, Huang Xiaoyao awakened two divine abilities: Devouring Technique and Blood Qi Technique.

  It turned out that the mouse statue obtained in the previous life was actually a strand of divine soul of the Chaos Demon God Tian Tian Mouse.

  In the era of chaos before the Hongmeng judgment, the Swallowing Heaven Mouse was one of the 3,000 demon gods, mastering the Great Devouring Technique. It wandered in the chaos, always ready to devour other demon gods. However, the Swallowing Heaven Mouse was actually quite weak among all the demon gods in the chaos and was inevitably struck down by Pangu's axe during the Opening Heaven Calamity, meeting an untimely demise. Nevertheless, at the last moment, the Great Devouring Technique within its divine soul devoured the divine soul of a demon god who possessed the Great Blood Spirit Technique, before falling into the spacetime turbulent flow and disappearing without a trace. It was later obtained by Huang Xiaoyou.

  As time passed, the statue of the Swallowing Heaven Mouse's soul was about to disappear completely when it was splashed with Huang Xiaoyou's blood. The Great Blood Technique absorbed the blood and gained a surge of power, using the Great Devouring Technique to break through space and return to the early days of the Primordial Chaos. It transformed into an old mouse with a hint of Swallowing Heaven Mouse's bloodline, mastering the second of the Three Thousand Grand Daos: the Great Devouring Technique and the Great Blood Technique.

  The Great Devouring Technique, one of the Three Thousand Grand Paths, can devour the world's primordial energy to nourish itself, becoming incredibly powerful.

  The Great Blood Technique, one of the Three Thousand Grand Paths, cultivates the flesh to its strongest state, strengthening the blood vessels and transforming the body. If not for Pangu, the Son of the Grand Dao, grasping the Power Law, that Demon God would not have died.

  "Hmm? The outside is chaotic, the first calamity of the opening heavens, the vast land of Honghuang has evolved, and the primordial energy of chaos has transformed into pre-heavenly primordial energy. It must be at the cost of these pre-heavenly born spirits... Hehe, fortunately, I am not one of these pre-heavenly born spirits, but a body containing the bloodline of the demon gods. I should go out and collect more blood, can't waste it. After absorbing this blood, I can try to transform my shape. At that time, I'll travel through Honghuang, collecting spiritual treasures and gathering more divine beast and demon beast blood. My physical body will become even more powerful." Huang Xiaoyao thought to himself.

  "Isn't that right? The mountain is shaking so violently, has the world reached its final stage of transformation and the earth is being reformed?" Huang Xiaoyao activated his Earth Escape Divine Ability and instantly left the cave, appearing outside. He was immediately stunned by the scene before him.

  And Huang Xiaoyao didn't notice that in the cave where he lived, a piece of chaotic stone was violently trembling, as if something inside was eager to come out.