Xu Jingchen stood inside the temple, staring blankly at the stone stele.
A power imperceptible to humans radiated from him, piercing every Dimension within the stele and laying everything bare.
Suddenly.
An invisible ripple burst from the stele and spread through the void in every direction. Almost instantly, it enveloped the entire Ninefold Nether. Something had happened without a sound.
Xu Jingchen came to himself, his expression shifting.
That seemed like...
Some kind of power had been activated...
But what was it?
At that moment.
Na Muluo.
The Eight-Armed Yaksha.
Yaseline.
Xu Jingchen.
Before the eyes of the four "Xu Yuans," each with a Dimension of his or her own, came the faint sensation of being watched.
Through the power of the special Whisper, "Competition," corresponding messages quickly appeared before all four of them: "You have uncovered the Old Gods' plan from the stone stele."
"You are being watched."
"From now on, whenever any one of 'you' does something that changes the course of history, the degree of scrutiny will increase."
"Current degree of scrutiny: 15%."
"When the degree of scrutiny reaches 50%, the Old Gods' servants will inevitably discover you."
"The Old Gods' servants will engage you in a divine battle."
...So that was it.
They might look down on the Short-lived Species, but they had kept a trick up their sleeves to guard against any possible risk.
But—
They were still wrong.
They thought one servant could kill me, a true Immortal Species?
Xu Yuan turned it over in his mind a few times, but ultimately decided—
Better to be careful.
The servant might not be powerful, but what if it was something like a suicide bomb?
...Best not to be discovered.
Then...
What should I do?
Xu Jingchen could hide for now.
From this moment on, he