The old god shall pass, a new god shall rise! In the year of Jiazi, great fortune shall bless the world!

"But... this is too strange! The Divine Army has never failed! This is far too abnormal!"

"Perhaps that Jiang Zhu isn't a mortal? Could he be another... god?!" someone murmured, their eyes filled with awe and fear.

Once that thought took root, it spread like rampant weeds!

"A god? Impossible! Why would a god blaspheme against a god?!" the devout believers fiercely retorted.

"If he isn't a god, how do you explain his destroying the Divine Lord's incarnation? How do you explain even the Divine Army being unable to find him?!" the doubters pressed relentlessly.

At this point, hairline cracks began to appear in their faith.

Even those believers who had once been utterly devoted to the Divine Realm and never doubted the Divine Lord could not help feeling bewildered now.

The Divine Army's fruitless return was like a thorn driven into the impregnable ramparts of their faith.

"O God, what is going on?" A white-haired old cultivator knelt before a humble shrine, his clouded eyes filled with confusion and a trace of fear.

He had been devout his entire life, never once questioning the god's power or justice. But now, for the first time, he wavered.

"Even the Divine Army can't find him. Could that God Defiler really be another god?" a young believer asked his companion quietly, his voice trembling.

He had grown up hearing legends of the god, and the Divine Realm had been a supreme existence in his heart. Now, that understanding had suffered an unprecedented blow!

The atmosphere on the Other Shore became stranger than ever.

On the one hand, the Divine Realm's Wanted Notice remained prominently posted, and no one dared openly question the Divine Realm.

On the other hand, the disappearance of the God Defiler, Jiang Zhu, hung like an immense shadow over