God King Tower, Crisis Intelligence, Master of Cold Food Festival
"I accept." Zhao Xing made the decision quickly. Although it was a bit strange that he could inherit Wei Tianchen's estate, he had no reason to refuse something that would benefit him.
"Please follow me." The Black Robe invited Zhao Xing into the palace.
The Shadow Sanctum is a neutral faction, so there's no reason for them to use this to their advantage. Even if there are some strange things, there's nothing to be afraid of. So Zhao Xing calmly walked into the palace.
Inside the palace were countless boxes, like a giant Seven-Star Dipper Cabinet. The drawers opened and closed constantly, with countless papers flying out and drifting into the unknown, while many more papers jumped in and were stored in the drawers.
"The Shadow Sanctum is a neutral faction. We only provide a platform and never participate in the struggle between any forces," the Black Robe explained to Zhao Xing.
"Whether it's Evil God or a righteous god, the Shadow Sanctum will not favor either side."
"What is the purpose of the Shadow Sanctum map, and who built it?" Zhao Xing asked curiously. Now that he was a six-star customer, he should know some inside information.
"Of my own volition." The Black Robe chuckled. "Why must there be a purpose? Well, if I had to say, the original purpose of the Shadow Sanctum was simply for amusement."
"Just for fun?" Zhao Xing was surprised by the Black Robe's answer.
"The founders of the Shadow Sanctum have neither the desire to save the world nor the desire to destroy it," the Black Robe chuckled.
They just wanted to quietly observe the world.
"In his state of Divine Concealment, the Free God King can live almost as long as the universe. If there is still Divine Tribulation, it is the destruction of the universe."
"A long life always needs some pastime, and it must be safe and not break the Divine Concealment."
"So the Shadow Sanctum was created?" Zhao Xing was a little confused.
Is the Shadow Sanctum some kind of plaything for Free God King?
However, Zhao Xing still felt that Black Robe man said made some sense. Where did the name "Free God" come from? It's because there was a group of gods who didn't want to follow any rules and just wanted to live freely.
If we remove the two extremes of this group of Free God —those who save the world and those who destroy it—then the middle group Jester God neither want to save the world nor destroy it, but simply want to enjoy the spectacle.
How to watch the excitement? The Shadow Sanctum is the way. The tasks issued by the Shadow Sanctum represent grudges and entanglements, which are the myriad aspects of life!
The Black Robe continued, "You've inherited Wei Tianchen's six-star client status. Besides being able to post and accept quests in the Shadow Sanctum, you also have many additional features."
"For example, he left behind reserves in the Shadow Sanctum for resurrection and reincarnation."
"However, Wei Tianchen died in a rather unusual place and in a rather unique way. He essentially died in a desperate situation, so this reserve fund is now useless."
"Is this a lot of reserves?" Zhao Xing asked curiously.
"Many." The Black Robe figure nodded. "After you reappeared in the Xuanling Star Domain, the Holy Temple discovered that the mental imprint Wei Tianchen left Holy Temple had disappeared."
"As a six-star client, if the mental imprint disappears, the Shadow Sanctum will proactively check the client's status to see if they are dead or trapped somewhere."
"If it's death, revive the customer; if they're trapped, rescue them."
"The reserve funds are consumed based on the difficulty of reviving or rescuing."
"That time, we mobilized seven Divine General go to different times and spaces to search for Wei Tianchen."
Seven Divine General?! Zhao Xing was shocked. He seemed to have underestimated Wei Tianchen's resources. This guy seemed to have really inherited the national treasury.
"And what was the result?"
"The result was that he really died."
"Can't we bring him back while he's still alive? Like Time Reversal and resurrecting him or something?" Zhao Xing asked.
"You have some misconceptions about resurrection," the Black Robe shook his head.
"Please advise me," Zhao Xing asked sincerely.
"Since you're a six-star customer, I'll explain it to you for free. You'll understand it easily once you reach the Divine Realm."
The Black Robe waved his hand, and a blue river appeared before him.
"Look, this is the River of Time; it contains the movement of life and matter at the origin of the universe, it is destiny..."
The complex evolution of cause and effect, and space.
"This complex and irreversible overall evolution is because it has a clear direction."
The Black Robe waved his hand again, and points of light appeared in the azure River of Time: "These points of light represent Wei Tianchen's spatial location at different times."
Zhao Xing looked closely and saw that the River of Time remained still.
When the Black Robe waved his hand again, the River of Time began to move.
"Wei Tianchen's cultivation in the space, his actions and experiences, have interacted with the entire universe and other life forms. Can you see any changes?"
Zhao Xing looked closely and saw that countless points of light were connected by three lines.
"Three more lines?"
The Black Robe nodded. "You could say that."
"Of the three lines, the one that is easiest to identify is the Karma Thread."
"Next is the Life Line, then the fateline, and there are some more subtle paths that run throughout, but they are very subtle and should not be used as a basis for judgment."
With a whoosh, the Black Robe pushed forward, causing waves to surge in the river.
Suddenly, Wei Tianchen disappeared from a section of the river.
"In the last Solar Year of the Second Era of the Desolate Territory, Wei Tianchen disappeared. There are three possibilities for this disappearance."
"First, becoming a god, whether Free God or True God, can bring together all causes, fates, and Life Line in endless time and space."
Zhao Xing understood that this meant transcending the Three Realms and the Five Elements, essentially coming ashore from the River of Time.
It is no longer subject to many cosmic rules, so divine power possesses immense might.
"Second, death. After death, the origin disintegrates and cannot form life. It returns to the universe and is transformed back into the origin of the Tao, no longer a manifest life."
Zhao Xing nodded. The Dao Ancient Layer, the Image Manifestation Layer, and the Dao Manifestation Layer are all about the different manifestations of the Great Dao Origin.
Just as liquids and solids are easy to see, air is difficult to see.
The Tao manifests as images; the abstract is the Tao, the origin.
Third, being River of Time.
The Black Robe explained, "Based on some clues, we discovered that Wei Tianchen has been trapped in some kind of spatial-temporal secret realm."
But no immediate action was taken.
"Because although his Karma Thread is broken, his Life Line and destiny line are intertwined, and it is still possible for them to continue to extend into the Third Era of the Desolate Territory."
"If he is able to get out in the future, that will be the client's own privacy, and we will not take immediate action."
"But in the end, his three lines did not extend to the Third Era of the Desolate Territory, so we need to investigate."
Zhao Xing saw that at the juncture of the Third Era of the Desolate Territory, Wei Tianchen disintegrated from a human form into lines.
This metaphorical characteristic implies that Wei Tianchen will die and will not exist in the Third Era of the Desolate Territory.
"Sending out Divine General is merely to confirm the Space-Time Territory it disappeared."
"To save him, we must find where his Karma Thread broke and bring it back."
This caused cause and effect, destiny, and life to reunite and merge into the Third Era of the Desolate Territory.
"This is what we commonly refer to as resurrection."
"Why can't it be done?" Zhao Xing asked the same question he had at the beginning.
"Because Wei Tianchen is not a god; his past and future are one."
"Isn't it the Divine Realm?"
"Well, the situation is different once you've completed the initial stage of the Divine Concealment Divine Realm of Concealment. If you want to know how to kill or resurrect a Divine Concealment God, then you'll have to pay."
"How much?" Zhao Xing thought of Qing Yuzi's condition and subconsciously asked about the price.
"Since you're a six-star customer, we can offer you a discount. Three low-level Dao Divine Artifact or one mid-level Dao Divine Artifact will suffice."
"So expensive?"
"The Dongyan Ancient Clan paid us a higher price to buy their methods back then."
"Never mind, I don't really want to learn anyway." Zhao Xing shook his head.
Without saying much, the Black Robe gently dipped his fingers into the river of time, attempting to extract a point of light.
Then Zhao Xing saw countless Wei Tianchen being lifted up, like fishing nets being pulled from the water.
"Bang bang bang" The lines quickly broke apart and scattered back to their origin.
"You see, this kind of resurrection won't work, because in the process of pulling and tugging, it will be broken by the River of Time itself, which is equivalent to killing him by taking him away from that space-time."
"True resurrection should be like this." The Black Robe gently dipped his fingers into the river of time, "At the point when Wei Tianchen severed the Karma Thread, find that thread again and successfully repair it."
"In other words, there must be a god who goes to the Space-Time Node where Wei Tianchen was caught up in, brings his scattered origin back to the end of the Second Era of the Desolate Territory, and reconnects his cause and effect, destiny, and Life Line."
"If these lines continue along the main path of time, reaching the Third Era of the Desolate Territory, and then coalesce again into the Tian Chen, then that is resurrection."
"Of course, this is the simpler case."
"Is that simple?" Zhao Xing felt like he was listening to gibberish.
"Of course he's not a god, so it's simple," the Black Robe said. "If it were a resurrection of the Divine Realm, just collecting the scattered divine power would be very difficult. Some of it would have even turned into another substance, which could no longer be changed."
"However, the resurrection method I just mentioned starts from the individual," the Black Robe said. "There is another possibility: distorting the River of Time itself."
The Black Robe waved his hand, and the river appeared before Zhao Xing from above.
"Splash!"
The Black Robe waved his hand, and the once straight river began to branch out into countless forks, like a bare tree sprouting new branches.
"Changing the River of Time itself is to alter a localized, large-scale area of the world, cutting it off and isolating it, like digging a river channel, and then—."
The Black Robe's fingers moved, and a tributary extended out, turned a corner, and then rejoined the main road at some point in the future.
"The Moon God Palace Master holds the Mysterious Spirit History, Reincarnation Hall Master uses the Derivation God Stele to achieve such a level of change. Therefore, the resurrections they lead are all large-scale resurrections, especially the Reincarnation Hall Master, who possesses the highest level of resurrection power."
"Assuming they can't be resurrected, then they're truly dead beyond any doubt. However, the cost would be enormous. If a major historical event occurs in this region at a certain time, it would be very difficult to distort the facts. For example, the time when the Epoch Worm and the History Book Worm appeared, and the time and place of the arrival of that Cold God King."
The Black Robe pointed to a large mountain that appeared at the fork in the road, representing historical events that are difficult to change.
"Of course, the least costly distortion is still the altar resurrection type." The Black Robe pointed to the center of the river, zooming in on a certain area. "The distortion and reversal occurred inside the main channel of time, which is equivalent to changing a fact, allowing the broken thread to be tied up and repaired at that time."
"So the Reincarnation Hall Master relies on the Divine Evolution Derivation God Stele for the strongest resurrection power? It seems the Shadow Sanctum's intelligence is more objective." Zhao Xing pondered.
Zhao Xing's conversation with Venerable Fu Ping in Myriad Stars City, including listening to Lu Ya's account, led him to believe that the Moon God Palace Master, who possessed the Mysterious Spirit History, had the strongest resurrection power.
"After inheriting, how much of my savings will I have left?" Zhao Xing asked.
With a wave of his hand, the Black Robe- River of Time figure vanished, replaced by two small and one large miniature pagodas.
"These are the Divine Power Tower. The smaller one is called the Divine General Tower, and the larger one is called the God King Tower."
Zhao Xing looked at the Black Robe, waiting for him to explain the purpose of the Divine Power Tower.
"The reserves are mainly used for resurrection and search and rescue. The amount of treasures stored in the Shadow Sanctum determines the amount of power that can be mobilized to complete resurrection and search and rescue."
"There are many ways to build a divine tower. The fastest way is to provide precious divine objects, and the slowest way is to infuse it with the essence of divine power."
"Occasionally there will be some Divine Power Tower quests, but this is no longer the regular way."
Zhao Xing was shocked after hearing this. The real treasure of Wei Tianchen actually existed in the Shadow Sanctum!
One God King Tower, two Divine General Tower.
"Old Wei is unbelievable! Did he inherit the national treasury from the Five Emperors Era?!"
After hearing the Black Robe explain the rules of the Tower of Gods, Zhao Xing was deeply shocked.
Even though Old Master Zhao had seen a lot of money before, he was still somewhat shocked when he saw Wei Tianchen's wealth.
Compared to Wei Tianchen, I'm practically a penniless wretch.
"He has so much money, yet he still can't be resurrected?" Zhao Xing looked at the two small and one large divine towers.
Logically speaking, since Lao Wei already has the God King Tower, why can't he be successfully resurrected?
"No," the Black Robe shook his head. "Based on the information from the seven Divine General came out during the search, the final conclusion is that even the God King could not descend upon Wei Tianchen's Death Trap, resurrect him, and bring him back."
Zhao Xing nodded. It seemed that the Land of Fengshan in the historical timeline was of such a high standard that even God King could not touch it.
So it seems there were originally seven Divine General Tower here, which disappeared after being used up.
"Old Wei really brought this upon himself," Zhao Xing with some emotion. Of all places to die, he had to die in the Profound Yellow World of history.
"Wei Tianchen is only Demigod, where did his wealth come from?" Zhao Xing asked curiously.
"This information will cost the first level of divine power from the Divine General Tower. Do you wish to pay?"
"Well, never mind, I'm not that curious." Zhao Xing thought for a moment and decided to suppress his curiosity. Building even one level of the Divine Tower is very difficult; the first level of the Divine General Tower requires consuming a low-level Dao Divine Artifact.
Wei Tianchen may have had a similar experience to mine. He obtained the Great Dream Academy in the Profound Yellow World, which was a rich treasure trove accumulated by the Li Dynasty.
Next, guided by the Black Robe, Zhao Xing checked his six-star client privileges.
You won't believe it until you see it! The Shadow Sanctum can even travel through time to rescue people, and it also provides a passage for time travel!
As long as the divine Divine Power Tower is tall enough, the God King can be asked to take action.
No wonder Wei Tianchen was so reckless, daring to take such a huge risk to arrest him twice, and still able to roam freely despite being wanted throughout the region.
And then there's Pu Yan, who only managed to settle in the Demon Race realm with the help of the Shadow Sanctum.
Even the resurrection that the Dongyan Ancient Clan planned back then used the Shadow Sanctum as a tool.
"The Shadow Sanctum, created by a bunch of Jester God, is truly powerful." The more Zhao Xing looked at it, the more he felt that the Shadow Sanctum had a profound foundation.
"Does the Holy Temple possess Divine Art of the Time Faction, or something like the Extreme Star Origin?" Zhao Xing asked.
"As a six-star client, you can issue cross-dimensional bounties," the Black Robe said. "The Holy Temple can help you broadcast this bounty, allowing it to reach countless dimensions. The Holy Temple itself will not retain these items."
"The central axis of these cabinets extends to the left, representing the past; to the right, the future; and above and below the central axis, the present."
"Each drawer on the left and right represents a specific time point, which can be divided into an era, Solar Year, or World Star Year."
"Put the bounty details in the drawer and wait for news."
Zhao Xing looked at the row of cabinets in front of him with great curiosity. He had thought that the row of cabinets was special before, but now he saw that it was actually a passage for cross-time and space bounty.
"Why are there so few cabinets representing the future?" Zhao Xing asked.
There are countless records of the past, stretching endlessly, numbering in the hundreds of millions, and the cabinets are numerous.
On the right, however, there are only three large partitions.
"Bounties for traveling to the future can only be postponed by one era at most, because the future is not yet determined, and can easily be changed," the Black Robe said.
Zhao Xing realized the problem immediately when he thought of the solidification and distortion of the Mysterious Spirit History.
"Can I use this cabinet to know about the future? Like writing letters to my future self or something."
The Black Robe smiled and said, "Theoretically, it's possible, but it would be more effective for you to climb Ten Directions Mountain yourself. Its effect won't be stronger than the First Hexagram of Ten Directions, but the cost might be higher."
"You might consume the reserves of a God King Tower, and the answer you get will only be 50% certain."
Zhao Xing realized he had asked a foolish question, which was no different from making a divination; he should have sought the answer from the Fate Master community.
"Can I know how you confirmed that I inherited the estate and not that it was stolen?" Zhao Xing still felt that happiness had come too suddenly, and he was a little suspicious, afraid that he had been cheated.
"I can buy this information."
The Black Robe remained silent for a moment, then shook his head. "No, this intelligence is not for sale."
Zhao Xing seemed to be deep in thought. There were several possibilities why the Shadow Sanctum's information was not for sale. One was that it involved another person with high authority, and the other was that it would shake the foundation of the Shadow Sanctum.
However, judging from the Black Robe's resolute attitude, Zhao Xing had no way of knowing.
"Okay, then I won't ask."
"Do you have any other needs, such as setting up a bounty quest?"
"Nothing for now. If you have any information about me, you should proactively remind me, right?" Zhao Xing asked.
"Yes, we offer some conveniences to our six-star clients. If we predict something unfavorable will happen, we will proactively contact them and ask if they would like to purchase the prediction results."
"For example, we predicted Pu Yan's death with a 30% probability, but he didn't buy the information. In the end, Venerable Bomeng had someone capture him and deliver him to you."
"You possess the God of Fate Master?"
"This is classified information that is not for sale."
"All right."
Zhao Xing felt that the Shadow Sanctum must have a very large group of gods serving it, otherwise it would be impossible for it to extend its reach to multiple dimensions.
It seems that the standard for a super power is that its influence can transcend the Space-Time Barrier.
Judging from the glimpse Zhao Xing has gleaned, the Shadow Sanctum's Divine Realm might be even more complete than that of other super powers.
Zhao Xing stayed in the palace for a while, figuring out the general outline of the permissions left behind by Wei Tianchen.
"As a neutral faction, the Shadow Sanctum might have an easier time doing certain things," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "For example, I could issue treasure hunt quests to past timelines to search for legendary species that are now extinct in the present timeline."
Even god-level species.
"There are more items than in the Xuanling Treasure Pavilion."
Many things are taboo at present, such as the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. The Desolate Territory Faction does not allow such demonic cultivation methods to exist.
If Zhao Xing wants to cultivate the Demonic Seed Method, it will be very difficult to obtain it from the Desolate Territory Faction. However, there are no forbidden items here in the Shadow Sanctum; it's just a matter of whether you can afford the price.
Moreover, one advantage of cross-dimensional transactions is that they will not suffer karmic backlash. For example, when refining soul spirits, even if you do it very secretly in the current timeline and are not caught by the Human Race's high-ranking judicial Divine General, you will still suffer karmic backlash from the current timeline.
If it is a cross-time and space transaction, then the causal backlash in the present moment will be borne by the other party, and it will not be transmitted across time and space.
Safe, secluded, and with a wide variety of services, it can meet different needs, and even some professions that have been nerfed, such as Priest, can find their needs met here in the Shadow Sanctum.
"Phew~ It's time to go out. I can't let Mind General, Lu Ya, Yan Ao worry."
Zhao Xing prepared to leave the Shadow Sanctum; this Mind Space could be left with a mere thought.
He had already left a mental imprint here, and could come back anytime he wanted without needing the Black Robe's guidance. Just as Zhao Xing stepped out of the hall's threshold, intending to leave, suddenly there was a "whoosh."
The Black Robe reappeared before Zhao Xing.
"Huh? What's this?"
"I have a piece of [Crisis Intelligence] about you," the man in the Black Robe said. "Would you like to buy it?"
"Crisis Intelligence about me?" Zhao Xing's heart sank.
"How much."
"Requires the accumulation of divine power from the first floor of the God King Tower."
"What?!"
Zhao Xing was startled.
The first floor of the God King Tower is terrifying. The divine power of ten Divine General Tower cannot fill the first floor of the God King Tower, which only has nine floors.
There is a Crisis Intelligence about yourself, and purchasing it requires consuming one level.
"You can choose not to buy it. Crisis Intelligence may or may not come true," the Black Robe said calmly.
"I'll buy it!" Zhao Xing gritted his teeth. The fact that it could consume one level of the God King Tower proved that this Crisis Intelligence was very likely to happen soon, and it was extremely urgent.
"Boom!"
Zhao Xing sensed that the largest of the three Divine Power Tower in his Holy Temple, the first floor, burst forth with Golden Light and then became empty.
Immediately afterward, the Black Robe pointed, and a [Crisis Intelligence] document appeared in Zhao Xing's mind.
This is a picture.
A city surrounded by countless stars collapsed with a deafening roar.
The next scene was the second one, in which Zhao Xing saw the Mind God Palace located in the Dao Ancient Layer, which had been sealed by an extremely cold frost.
"Mind General Qi Luo, I am your Hadokami~"
A majestic sound echoed in the scene, like a thunderclap.
In less than half an hour, Mind General Qi Luo fell from the top of the white tower and crashed heavily to the ground, losing all its charm.
The entire white pagoda shattered and turned to ash.
Frost froze the gray, and a ladder to heaven descended.
Tap! Tap! Tap! The crisp sound of footsteps rang out, as if someone was walking down the steps, but Zhao Xing could not see anyone.
"Buzz~"
The screen then disappeared.
"This, this—"
Zhao Xing's eyes widened. He had actually foreseen the collapse of Myriad Stars City and the death of Mind General Qi Luo, from the [Crisis Intelligence] he had just received.
Who caused the collapse of Myriad Stars City, and who killed the Mind General Qi Luo?
"Black Robe messenger, please interpret this Crisis Intelligence for me," Zhao Xing immediately requested.
"As you can see, Myriad Stars City has collapsed, and your Mind General be broken." The voice in the Black Robe was cold. "Moreover, the timeline is very close. Your true self should be in the Mind God Palace right now, and you will be affected."
"As for who it is, I think you can guess. It's a name I can't reveal."
Zhao Xing immediately understood; it was the divine power clone of the Master of Cold Food Festival!
He personally descended upon the Mind God Palace!
"How much longer until it happens?" Zhao Xing asked.
"The Crisis Intelligence is too close to the current time, which is why the warning time is short and it requires the consumption of a layer of divine power."
"But don't worry, we are currently in the Shadow Sanctum within the Mind Space, where time flows differently. You should still have time to escape after you wake up," the Black Robe said.
"Don't you have anything to say? Can I call for help?"
"No more. As for rescue, it's too late for you to issue a bounty now." The Black Robe shook his head. "We can only try to escape."
Zhao Xing was extremely anxious. After the Black Robe finished speaking, he immediately activated the Shadow Mind Mark.
The mind traversed countless labyrinths and left the Shadow Sanctum.
In the real world, within the Dao Ancient Layer, in the Mind God Palace.
Zhao Xing woke up.
Upon waking up, he immediately wanted to activate the No Distance Teleportation to leave this place.
But he forgot that this was the Mind God Palace, the residence of a Divine General, which prohibited the transmission of magic through unofficial channels.
Zhao Xing immediately called out Yan Ao and Lu Ya's names.
"Mind God Palace, Lu Ya, Lu Ya, Senior Yan, leave immediately! This place is in danger—"
Zhao Xing's words seemed to have propelled the progress of some event; he discovered that the once peaceful Mind God Palace...
It suddenly got cold.
Lu Ya and Yan Ao immediately appeared beside Zhao Xing, and at the same time, the Mind General on the White Pagoda suddenly shone brightly and stood up from the top of the White Pagoda.
"It's too late."
Zhao Xing looked at the sky in fear. Suddenly, the dome barrier shattered, and a pale blue glow instantly filled the entire Mind God Palace barrier.
Then, streaks of blue ice crystals fell like snowflakes, spreading across the white tower.
"Metaphor~"
A throne of ice crystals, radiating a chilling aura, appeared beside the white tower.
The arrangement that has now taken place resembles the setup commonly seen in Buddhist ceremonies, with the white pagoda serving as the preaching platform and the ice crystal throne as the guest seat for those seeking enlightenment.
The chill wasn't intense, but Zhao Xing felt his thoughts become stiff, and his body seemed to have lost all feeling, frozen in place.
Yan Ao and Lu Ya weren't much better off; a faint golden glow appeared on their bodies, but on top of the divine power glow, there was an additional layer of light reflected from the snowflakes.
"You think you can suppress me with just the Divine Realm? Cold God King, you're far too disrespectful!"
The Little Yellow Duck let out a shriek, its body suddenly swelled up, its head raised, and its bony armor stood out.
His left eye was like a blazing, crimson sun, while his right pupil resembled a deep, icy abyss.
The original beak cracked open, and a new beak extended, resembling a divine sword, with patterns of a fire-worshiping deity appearing.
The downy fur on its body burned away, revealing azure iron feathers. The upper feathers were fused with golden cloud patterns, while the lower feathers were tempered with thunderous marrow and bones.
Lu Ya flapped his wings and took flight, causing Heavenly Fire to fall like a rain of meteors, and actually broke free from the suppression.
With a "whoosh," Zhao Xing's vision blurred, and he was instantly swatted away by the wings and sent flying into Yan Ao's stomach.
"So this is the true form of the Qu Ru Divine Duck?" Zhao Xing entered Yan Ao's stomach and instantly regained his normal senses.
He saw that the Little Yellow Duck outside had disappeared. Its orange webbed feet resembled the Louse Dragon, its scales on its knees stood up, its feet were suspended in mid-air, and its tail feathers reflected yin and yang. It was simply an ancient ferocious god!
"Yan Ao, Lu Ya, you have a past with me, you may leave on your own." A voice came from the Heavenly Ladder.
Then a cold wind blew, as if it were blowing through space. Zhao Xing found that his perspective suddenly shifted, and he fell from the upper level of the Mind God Palace to the first level.
The White Tower was already too high to look up at; clearly, the Cold God King had expelled them from the divine realm, yet Lu Ya was still able to fly forward.
"Pah! Who has a past with you! Don't try to smear me!"
"You think I can just leave like that?"
"Hey!"
Lu Ya, enraged, flapped its wings and attacked the Ice Throne.
The Heavenly Fire fell, dazzling with divine light, and he actually flew a little closer.
However, Lu Ya seemed to have been hit hard, his speed decreased sharply, and his body flew back at an even faster speed, returning to Yan Ao's side.
At this moment, Yan Ao and Lu Ya were already outside the Mind God Palace, in the chaotic Dao Ancient Layer.
"Mind General Qi Luo, I am your Hadokami~"
The icy, bone-chilling sound resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
Everything unfolded as expected.
However, unlike the information in the "Crisis Intelligence" report, Zhao Xing did not see Lu Ya being defeated, nor did he see his conversation with the Master of Cold Food Festival.
Now he's hearing more things too.
"It is my honor to have the Cold God King as my Dao Breaker. Please enlighten me!" The Mind God Palace did not make a move, and his tone was very firm, because he knew that if he wanted to Heaven and Earth Attainment, he had to go through countless trials.
The appearance of a Dao Breaker may also become an aid to perfecting one's own method of attaining the Dao!
"You used the City of Heart and Soul in the Star Mirror as the method to prove your Dao, and began to expand the City of Heart and Soul from the eighth era before the Desolate Territory."
"You borrow the spiritual power of all the Emperor Lord Realm, venerable ones, Divine Soldier, and Divine General who have entered the City of Heart and Soul to complete the Heaven and Earth Attainment."
"Those who enter the City of Heart and Soul will inevitably expand their territory within it, attempting to evolve it into the Mind Realm."
"Your method of enlightenment is the 'Mind Realm,' which uses the Mind Realm to escape the Great Destruction of the universe."
Upon hearing Mind General replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "To draw upon the collective strength of all beings, to unite their wills, and to forge the Mind Realm —this is indeed my method of enlightenment."
The Master of Cold Food Festival coldly said, "The Mind Realm is eternal, while the physical body decays. You have never told anyone who enters the City of Heart and Soul that if they stay City of Heart and Soul for a long time, their physical body will slowly wither away."
"Moreover, everyone's mind will be assimilated by you, and ultimately become nourishment for your soul."
"Nonsense!" the Mind General shouted. "If the Mind Realm is formed, the mind can interfere with matter, and the physical body resides between the Yin Yang Twin Stars. How can the physical body decay?"
"Mind assimilation completely distorts the theory of God. The mind generates faith, just like worshipping and believing in gods, which creates a sense of identity. This is completely different from assimilation and losing oneself!"
"Really? Then take a look at who he is!" Several figures suddenly appeared on the ladder next to the Ice Throne.
"I don't know them."
"They are your seven disciples."
"You killed them in the sixth, fourth, and Third Era before the Desolate Territory."
"Your explanation of the Moon God Palace Master and the Red Star Great Emperor led to the deaths of several disciples Going Berserk, their souls extinguished."
"Later, he used the pain as an excuse to erase this part of his memory."
"Of course you don't remember, because you refined their souls into the bricks of the City of Heart and Soul, and you destroyed their physical bodies."
"And I resurrected them."
"This is utterly absurd! Cold God King, do you think you can break my Dao Heart by simply resurrecting a few people from the past?"
A Star Mirror appeared on the Ice Throne, followed by seven pillars being pulled out from Star Mirror.
Zhao Xing watched from a distance and found that the Star Mirror looked familiar; it was the same image he had seen before of a building collapsing in the City of Heart and Soul.
After the seven pillars appeared, they disappeared into the seven people on the steps.
Zhao Xing saw that the Mind General swaying, as if it had remembered something.
Before long, my Mind General was taken away from the top of the white tower by a Golden Light, and this place was different from what was shown in the [Crisis Intelligence].
The image then quickly receded, and Zhao Xing could no longer see the specific details of the Mind God Palace; only a blue dot of light remained.
Finally, Yan Ao and Lu Ya appeared in the Image Manifestation Layer, surrounded by a brilliant starry sky.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" Qu Ru Divine Duck flew continuously and appeared in the Origin Heavenly Palace area. It seemed that it finally felt safe and stopped. Zhao Xing was also released.
"Seniors, did you hear that just now?" Zhao Xing asked cautiously.
"I heard you." Lu Ya transformed back into his Little Yellow Duck form. "I never imagined that Qi Luo's City of Heart and Soul had such a flaw. All those years of support from the Human Race have been wasted. He's truly Going Berserk mad!"
"Qi Luo's path has unknowingly gone astray," Yan Ao sighed. As a fellow Divine General of the empire, he had clearly foreseen Qi Luo's fate.
"So, what Han said was true?" Zhao Xing asked.
"Yes, the Palace Master just appeared and took Qi Luo away." Yan Ao nodded heavily. "Those who Heaven and Earth Attainment are most prone to Going Berserk, even believing that sacrificing others is tolerable, unaware that this is the beginning of their downfall."
"Exactly, exactly. I've suppressed my nature now and don't eat people much anymore," Lu Ya said. "He actually killed so many people and wanted to assimilate everyone's minds? I should really eat him!"
The two didn't tell Zhao Xing much about what happened next, clearly not thinking it was anything worth talking about.
Zhao Xing also somewhat moved, realizing how similar this was to Bowei. If what the Cold God King said was true, then the Mind General even more insane Bowei.
"Metaphor~"
Suddenly, a flash of light appeared.
Zhao Xing received the Major Event Chronicle announcement from the Mysterious Spirit History.
[ In the Third Era of the Desolate Territory, the fifth Solar Year, Han Shi broke through the Dao, his Mind General the verge of death, the City of Ten Thousand Stars ceased to exist, and the method of proving the Dao in the Mind Realm was a false proof!]
"Just like with Bowei, the Mysterious Spirit History has also issued an announcement this time. I just don't know how widespread it is," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
If the practices of the Mind General were to become widely known, it would inevitably cause panic, as countless people have entered the City of Heart and Soul.
As the Master of Cold Food Festival resolved this crisis, his prestige will inevitably soar, and more people will come to believe in him.
Once enough believers have been accumulated, after a Cold Food Festival Dharma Assembly, the Cold God King will likely lead them back to his past Space-Time Territory. The loss of a group of the Divine Realm experts in the Desolate Territory Faction is equivalent to the loss of a large amount of resources.
"This kind of open scheme is unsolvable," Zhao Xing thought to himself. His Mind General be broken, which was a good thing for them, even for those at the Demigod or Divine Soldier Level!
After all, no one wants to be used as a guinea pig by a madman and sacrificed without their knowledge. As the Cold Food Festival Dharma Assembly continues, the preaching of the Master of Cold Food Festival will inevitably have a deeper and deeper impact on this era.
"It seems this is his main purpose in coming here." Zhao Xing focused his mind on his Internal World and told Bowei what had just happened.
"Elder Bovey, when you released him, did you know anything about him?"
"I didn't see clearly," Bowei shook his head. "Rather than saying I pushed the door open, I would say I heard his voice. I just pushed it gently, and that gave him an opportunity to slip in."
"The origins of the Master of Cold Food Festival are mysterious. He can influence the sect's treasure artifact, 'Yuan Ji Mountain,' of the Ancient Hill of Antiquity, and he can also Divine Concealment under the pursuit of the Moon God Palace Master, but there is very little information about him."
"A name I've never heard of while browsing through historical records; his hiding place must be ancient."
Zhao Xing recalled his "Three Epochs Boundary Theory." If he had truly Cold-Warm Era Period, then it was indeed quite a long time ago.
At the end of the fifth Solar Year of the third Third Era of the Desolate Territory, the incident Mind General caused a great sensation among Demigod and Emperor Lord Realm, especially in the Myriad Stars City, where no one dared to enter.
The Red Star Empire was thrust into the spotlight, with some even criticizing the inaction of certain God Realm High-Level.
In contrast, the shrines and hidden temples of the Master of Cold Food Festival rose rapidly and began to spread throughout the empire.
It wasn't until the sixth Solar Year of the Third Era of the Desolate Territory that this turmoil gradually subsided, overshadowed by another major event—the complete end of the war in the Tianze Star Domain. It was then fully incorporated into the Xuanling Star Domain.
Thanks to the abundant resources provided by the Tianze Star Domain and the emergence of numerous Source Origin World and treasures, the Empire has sufficient resources to cope with the impact of the Epoch Worm Incident and the Mind General Incident.
For Zhao Xing, the sixth Solar Year of the Third Era of the Desolate Territory was also an important Solar Year.
First, the God Selection Department is about to open a dimensional passage to transport a batch of the Divine Realm candidates to the past.
Secondly, Ji Si gained a great deal from leading the war in the Tianze Star Domain, and was promoted to the sixteenth-level Fate Master in one fell Universal Promotion.
Most importantly, after another Solar Year of nurturing, the divine-level Original Seed within Zhao Xing's body has finally sprouted.
PS: This volume is now finished. The next volume, "The Time Divine Tree," will also be the volume about Zhao Xing a god.