After parting with the Universe Overlords and Venerables, Chen Ao headed deeper into the Heguang Secret Realm alone.
Although the Heguang Secret Realm was part of the Ancestral God Religion, it was, after all, the private domain of the Lord of Heguang, a mighty Universe Master.
As such, even the Ancestral God Religion lacked much of the confidential information about the Heguang Secret Realm.
For example, where exactly the Heguang Tree clan lived.
Only because Chen Ao had paid close attention to the Heguang Tree clan had he been able to compare numerous records with information from the inheritors and conclude that the clan should be deep within the Heguang Secret Realm.
Reaching those depths was no easy task.
Even Nine Nether Space-Time had several beings with Universe Master-level combat power. Naturally, the larger and more dangerous Heguang Secret Realm had them too.
There were many special lifeforms here, and quite a few had reached the World Tree's level.
"Based on the information I've compared, there should be around eleven beings here with Universe Master-level combat power!"
There should only be three actual Universe Masters: the Lord of Heguang, whose combat power ranged from the fourth to fifth tier, and the Lord of Min Tree and the Lord of Sanfen, whose combat power ranged from the second to third tier.
Those three were true Universe Masters. The remaining eight or more were exceptional beings whose strength as Top Universe Overlords rivaled that of Universe Masters.
"Those Universe Overlords won't care about my status. They simply regard this place as their territory, and the only one they obey is the Lord of Heguang!"
These Universe Overlord special lifeforms were not directly governed by the Ancestral God Religion. They were all subordinates of the Lord of Heguang.
Only the three Universe Masters