Awakening

Several hours later, the Divine King vanished completely.

Every trace was wiped away.

Gu Jinlai organized this complete chain of evidence and put away the immortal artifact—the Infinite Worlds.

Even if the matter came to light and the Pantheon blamed him, with this chain of evidence, reason would still be on his side.

Of course, using this evidence once or twice would not be a problem. But if he used it too often, then no matter how slow-witted the Divine Emperors of the Myriad Gods Realm were, they would realize that something was wrong and kick him out of the Myriad Gods Realm.

However, Gu Jinlai would do his utmost to exterminate every prey that stepped into the trap, ensuring that no news escaped.

The true purpose of this chain of evidence was merely to guard against the unexpected.

"Six supreme-grade immortal artifacts. What a pity—not a single one is an immortal artifact."

Gu Jinlai sorted through his spoils.

The collusion between gods and cultivators could not withstand the light of day. Once exposed, even an Immortal Venerable would face censure. The best possible outcome would be being sent deep into the heart of the universe to suppress a vital location and face evil gods head-on.

But that did not mean there were no ties whatsoever between gods and cultivators.

Some gods would control cultivators, having them carry the spoils obtained from killing Golden Immortals and even immortal Golden Immortals—the immortal artifacts—to the "black market" in exchange for the materials needed to forge divine bodies.

And even if the owner of the "black market" had the ability to see through the cultivator's true identity, he would still choose to play dumb in order to obtain greater profits.

Under such circumstances, to obtain greater strength, the gods would naturally exchange