The Celestial God Palace floated at the very center of this world.
It stood where the four continents met, south of the Demon Race's continent.
Chen Lin and Hu Sanniang traveled south in disguise. Rather than crossing the sparsely traveled wilderness, they followed the official roads, entering any cities they encountered to gather information.
They soon learned the news.
A Celestial God had been killed, enraging the Celestial God Palace. It had dispatched one Red-Patterned Celestial God and five Black-Striped Celestial Gods to hunt down the culprits.
It had also issued a Bounty Notice.
Anyone who provided information about the culprits would receive a lifespan-extension Divine Pill. Anyone who supplied their exact location would be granted the rank of Divine Envoy.
Anyone who killed the culprits-
Could become an Accepted Disciple of the Celestial God Palace, with a chance to leave this world and cultivate at its headquarters.
The rewards were generous indeed. Had Chen Lin not come here for his Life Task-and had he not been the very person they were hunting-even he might have been tempted.
The Celestial God Palace's headquarters was most likely in the Star Ruins. This would be an excellent route out of the Seven-Star Realm.
"Don't you want to leave this world, Sanniang? Why kill the Celestial God Palace's cultivators, then? Now you have no hope of leaving through them."
Walking beside her along the road, Chen Lin asked casually.
Hu Sanniang curled her lip.
"Why would they take lowly beings like us out of here? Even if we became Accepted Disciples, we'd probably have to sign a Slave Pact and be enslaved for lifetime after lifetime. I don't want that kind of life."
Chen Lin glanced at her.
This Fox Demon truly had a clear head. Despite belonging to the Demon Race, she