Chapter 925: Crossing Dimensions

Zhou Wen followed The Thearch’s instructions and

arrived near the bronze tripod. The Nine-Tailed Fox
immediately woke up and glared at Zhou Wen as
though it would pounce at him at any moment.

Zhou Wen hurriedly held the pearl he had taken

from the umbrella in his hand. When the Nine-
Tailed Fox saw the pearl, its ferocious look
immediately vanished as it stared at the pearl.

Seeing the Nine-Tailed Fox extend its head, Zhou

Wen threw the pearl at it.

The Nine-Tailed Fox swallowed the pearl and stared

at Zhou Wen. “Human, why are you doing this?”

“I want to borrow the bronze tripod cauldron to

teleport to the dimension.” Seeing the Nine-Tailed
Fox acting as The Thearch had said, he felt much
more at ease.

“On the account that you brought the Stabilizing

Bead to me, I can let you use the bronze tripod.
However, why are you going to the dimension as a
human? Are you sick of living?” the Nine-Tailed Fox
asked with a seductive voice.

“I want to find someone in the dimension,” Zhou

Wen said.

“Who?” the Nine-Tailed Fox asked again.

“Emperor of Shang,” Zhou Wen answered according

to The Thearch’s instructions.

Upon hearing Zhou Wen’s answer, the Nine-Tailed

Fox’s mesmerizing eyes lit up as it stared intently at
Zhou Wen and asked, “Why are you looking for
him?”

“Emperor of Shang is an imperial lord of our human

race. He has the supreme glory of the human race
and is the person I respect the most. The reason I’m
looking for him is firstly to see the Emperor’s face,
and secondly, to learn some skills from him. I hope
to bring glory to my human race...” Zhou Wen said
the lines he had thought of.

In order to think up these lines, Zhou Wen had lost

quite a bit of hair.

The Thearch only gave him a general outline of how

to communicate with the Nine-Tailed Fox. She told
him to try his best to praise Emperor of Shang, but
Zhou Wen had to fill in the details himself.
Zhou Wen wasn’t good at praising others to begin
with. It wasn’t easy for him to come up with such
phrases. It was unknown how many brain cells he
had lost in the process.

When the Nine-Tailed Fox heard Zhou Wen, its

expression gradually softened. It looked at Zhou
Wen and said, “You are a mere human. You will
probably die very soon after entering a dimensional
zone. How will you be able to see Emperor of
Shang? Forget it. On account of the fact that you
gave me the Stabilizing Bead, I’ll lend you
something. Take it with you, and you’ll still stand a
chance. Return it to me when you return.”

“How can I accept this?” Despite saying this, Zhou

Wen was delighted deep down.

He originally thought about how he could trick the

Nine-Tailed Fox into giving him the item like The
Thearch had said. He never expected the Nine-
Tailed Fox to take the initiative to offer it to him.

“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. If you

see Emperor of Shang, help me pass a message to
him,” said the Nine-Tailed Fox.

“No problem. As long as I can see him, I’ll definitely

deliver the message. If I can’t see him, there’s
nothing I can do.” Zhou Wen paused before saying,
“What message do you want me to deliver?”

The Nine-Tailed Fox fell silent for a moment before

slowly saying, “Think not.”

“What?” Zhou Wen was momentarily confused.

“Do you need me to carve it on your face?” the

Nine-Tailed Fox asked Zhou Wen coldly.
Zhou Wen hurriedly recalled and said, “There’s no
need. I got it. It’s just ‘think not,’ meaning think not
of something, right?”

The Nine-Tailed Fox glanced at him coldly but didn’t

say anything. It opened its mouth and spat out
something. It was a pearl that was as crystalline as
the moon.

“Take it with you. It can conceal your human aura,

and it can also prevent most dimensional creatures
from hating you. However, if you encounter a
Terror-grade dimensional creature, it’s best you
hide far away. If you encounter a Calamity-grade
god, kill yourself to avoid suffering,” the Nine-Tailed
Fox said.
Zhou Wen reached out to catch the pearl. It was
warm to the touch and emitted a fragrance like
perfume. He hurriedly put it away.

“Come in. I’ll send you there. Remember the

message. If you forget it, you won’t have a chance
of survival when you return,” said the Nine-Tailed
Fox.

“Don’t worry. As long as I don’t die, I’ll definitely

deliver the message,” Zhou Wen said as he jumped
into the bronze tripod.

Zhou Wen had seen the bronze tripod cauldron

many times in-game. He originally imagined that it
was a tool to suppress the Nine-Tailed Fox, but he
never expected it to have the ability to traverse
dimensions.
After Zhou Wen entered the bronze tripod, the
Nine-Tailed Fox stood up, tightening the chains. At
the same time, its body emitted a demonic glow as
terrifying Essence Energy seeped into the bronze
tripod through the chains, causing it to emit a
strange luster. The mysterious runes on it lit up.

“Remember, you only have 36 hours. You have to

return before the time is up. Otherwise, you will be
trapped in the dimension forever.” The Nine-Tailed
Fox’s voice entered Zhou Wen’s ears.

Zhou Wen felt the world spin as a huge vortex

formed in the cauldron, sucking him in.

Zhou Wen hurriedly switched his Essence Energy Art

to a Civilized Country. After all, it was a spatial
teleportation. It should be able to strengthen
Civilized Country to a certain extent.
As the spatial vortex spun, Zhou Wen suddenly
made a connection. Was this feeling the same when
flushing the toilet?

The dizziness continued. Zhou Wen could sense that

his body seemed to be teleporting, but the
teleportation was taking a little too long.

At that moment, the energy in Civilized Country

constantly increased. The speed at which it grew far
exceeded Zhou Wen’s imagination.

Zhou Wen had seriously underestimated the

difficulty of teleporting into the dimension. He had
been to the dimension using the cube, so he felt
that it wasn’t a big deal.

However, in fact, entering the dimension through

the cube was completely different from sneaking
into the dimension. The difficulty was incalculable,
and the teleportation method was completely
different.

It could be said that the energy needed to teleport

10,000 times using a cube wasn’t even comparable
to the energy needed to sneak into it once.

Back then, Wang Mingyuan had used the power of

the six Holy Temples to break through the
dimensional barrier. How much terrifying energy
was that?

Although the bronze tripod wasn’t forcefully

breaking through the dimensional barrier and didn’t
expend that much energy, it was far from what
ordinary spatial teleportation could compare with.

After a long period of dizziness and loss of control,

Zhou Wen didn’t know how long he had been
teleporting because he wasn’t able to judge time
and space. In any case, it felt extremely long.

Plop!

Zhou Wen felt himself fall into the water as his body
gradually returned to normal.

What left him pleasantly surprised was that Civilized

Country had obtained unimaginable energy during
the teleportation process. Now, Civilized Country
was about to break through to a Perfect Body.

What an unexpected gain. From the looks of it, I just

need a few more teleportations to advance to a
Perfect Body. Zhou Wen was delighted.

After floating out of the water, Zhou Wen wanted

to see where he was, but the scene he saw made
his expression turn odd.
Chapter 926: Teleportation Mistake?
It was a liquid pool that suffused blue light. Outside
the pool was a volcano-like ring-shaped mountain.

If this was really a volcano, the liquid in the pool

should be magma. However, the liquid in the pool
suffused blue fluorescence. The temperature wasn’t
high, and it was even somewhat cold.

And at the bottom of the pool, there were many

crystals, as though they were arranged together.

Boom!

Just as Zhou Wen was observing the crystal-like

objects, he suddenly saw the blue liquid in the pool
spew out like a volcanic eruption.
Zhou Wen hurriedly leaned against the stone wall
and watched the blue liquid spew out. At the same
time, a large number of crystal-like objects were
ejected.

The blue liquid then landed back into the crater.

After the crystal-like objects came into contact with

the air outside, they immediately produced a
special chemical reaction. The crystal-like objects
rapidly transformed and quickly turned into foxes.
The foxes’ eyes suffused blue light as they fell from
the sky.

These foxes... Why do they look like the fox demons

in Deer Terrace Pavilion... Zhou Wen found it odd as
he secretly crawled to the volcanic crater and
looked out.
With a glance, he was alarmed. He saw that there
were no plants on the black primitive land. Black
smoke billowed in the sky as black ring-shaped
volcanoes covered the land.

From time to time, a ring-shaped volcano would

erupt. However, what spewed out wasn’t magma,
but liquid of different colors.

Some of the liquids were blue like this one, some

were red, and some were yellow. There were all
sorts of colors. Similarly, every time a volcano
spewed out liquid, a portion of the crystals would
randomly be ejected.

Once the crystal-like objects left the liquid and

came into contact with the air, they rapidly
transformed into different dimensional creatures.
Red centipedes with wings danced in the air as
hundred-meter-long serpents roared into the sky.
Groups of demons ran amok on the ground. Most of
these creatures were creatures Zhou Wen had
never seen before, but there were also some he had
seen before.

For example, the foxes spewed out from this

volcano were Epic Fox Immortals in Deer Terrace
Pavilion.

The volcano beside him spewed out gray

porcupines which Zhou Wen had seen in Deer
Terrace Pavilion. It was also an Epic demon-type
dimensional creature.

This... Could it be a place where dimensional

creatures are born? Zhou Wen looked at the
volcanoes erupting everywhere as large numbers of
different dimensional creatures spewed out. The
spectacular scene was indescribable.

A nearby fox seemed to discover Zhou Wen. When

he saw it look over, Zhou Wen was alarmed.

However, the fox didn’t show any hostility towards

him. It seemed to treat him as one of its kind as it
yelped at him.

Could it be... Zhou Wen thought of the pearl the

Nine-Tailed Fox had given him.

He crawled out of the volcano. The fox demons

nearby had discovered him, but they had no
intention of attacking him. This relaxed Zhou Wen
significantly.
I never expected this thing to be so useful.
However, my human appearance is just too eye-
catching. I have to think of a way. Zhou Wen looked
around.

Soon, Zhou Wen realized that there were many

snow cats gathered near a nearby volcano. It was a
Legendary dimensional creature. Zhou Wen walked
over.

The snow cats only looked at him without any

intention of attacking. Zhou Wen immediately
switched to the Demon God Catalog and scanned a
snow cat with the Eyes of Legacy.

As the scan proceeded, Zhou Wen felt a strange

power flow out of his eyes. This power passed
through his meridians and spread throughout his
body, causing his body to undergo a strange
change.
Not long after, Zhou Wen turned into a snow cat.
He looked no different from the snow cats beside
him. The snow cats seemed to treat him as one of
their kind and didn’t even look at him.

Boom!

Lightning streaked across the black smoke-filled sky.

The dimensional creatures that were struck by the
lightning immediately vanished.

Just as Zhou Wen was in a daze, large swaths of

lightning descended. The snow cats and the nearby
fox demons vanished when they were struck.

Zhou Wen hurriedly ran and dodged the lightning’s

attacks. He could sense the power of space from
the lightning. It didn’t seem to be real lightning, nor
was it ordinary lightning. Instead, it was some kind
of spatial lightning.

This is a little different from what The Thearch said!

Zhou Wen ran with all his might before escaping the
area covered by lightning. Wherever the lightning
passed, the nearby dimensional creatures just
vanished.

Zhou Wen remembered very clearly that The

Thearch had told him that after he teleported to the
dimension, he was to walk towards a tower.

However, all Zhou Wen saw were ring-shaped

volcanoes. There were no towers.

Furthermore, Zhou Wen had never heard The

Thearch mention the void lightning.
Could it be that the Nine-Tailed Fox got the wrong
place when it teleported me here? That’s not right
either. Didn’t The Thearch say that the bronze
tripod’s teleportation only has one destination?
Zhou Wen saw a huge ring-shaped volcano nearby
and wanted to climb to the top to see if there was a
tower in the distance.

He didn’t dare fly randomly to avoid being targeted.

He still didn’t know where he was, nor did he know
if there was any danger here.

However, no matter how he looked at it, this place

was somewhat different from the dimension The
Thearch had mentioned.

Boom!
Halfway through his climb, the huge volcano
suddenly erupted. Red liquid shot into the sky like a
heavenly pillar. At the same time, a red crystal-like
object spewed out.

However, this red crystal pillar was much bigger

than the blue crystal pillar Zhou Wen had seen
before. It was about half the size of a soccer field.

The red liquid receded. After the crystal-like object

came into contact with the air, it immediately
transformed. When the huge red crystal-like object
landed, it had already transformed into a fire qilin
that was as red as crystal and emitted terrifying
flames.

The snow cat’s body was like an ant beside the fire
qilin.
Holy sh*t, this place can even spew out Mythical
creatures! Zhou Wen retreated step by step. He was
too close to the fire qilin. He was afraid that it
would discover that he was human. That would be
terrible.

Although Zhou Wen wasn’t afraid of ordinary

Mythical creatures, he didn’t know if he would be
targeted by an even more terrifying existence if he
fought the fire qilin here.

Thankfully, the fire qilin didn’t notice Zhou Wen.

Perhaps in its eyes, the snow cat was similar to an
ant. There was no need for it to care.

Boom! Boom!

The fire qilin walked towards the lightning, causing

the ground to tremble. Soon, it walked into the
lightning and gradually vanished under the
bombardment of the void lightning.

What the hell is this place? Zhou Wen eagerly

rushed to the top of the volcano. He wanted to see
if there was the tower mentioned by The Thearch
nearby.

Chapter 927: Discovered

Translator: CKtalon

After climbing to the volcanic crater, Zhou Wen

looked around. All he could see was billowing black
smoke that enveloped the sky and volcanoes.

Looking around, there was only one place that was

slightly different. In between the volcanoes, there
was a mountain that resembled a heavenly pillar. Its
height far exceeded that of ordinary volcanoes,
piercing through the black smoke that enveloped
the sky. One couldn’t see the end of the mountain.

Could the tower The Thearch mentioned be that

mountain? Zhou Wen thought to himself. However,
no matter how he looked at it, it was only a special
mountain. It was somewhat different from a tower.

However, Zhou Wen had nowhere else to go. All he

could do was rush towards the huge mountain.

Could it really be a teleportation error? Zhou Wen

felt that something was amiss, but how could the
bronze tripod cauldron that had a fixed destination
make such a mistake?

He ran across the land in the form of a snow cat.

From time to time, dimensional creatures would
spew out from the volcano. Before long, void
lightning would make the dimensional creatures
vanish.

Could it be that the lightning is a spatial rift that

leads to Earth? The dimensional creatures on Earth
all pass from here? Then, if I’m struck by lightning,
will I be able to return to a dimensional zone on
Earth? Zhou Wen kept thinking.

If a legendary mistake really happened, he had to

think of a way to return. Otherwise, if a human
were to be discovered by the dimensional races in
such a place, it would be no different from courting
death.

Thankfully, there didn’t seem to be any particularly

powerful creatures here. They were dimensional
creatures that spewed out from volcanoes. They
were mostly Mortal and Legendary creatures, and
relatively fewer Epic creatures. Occasionally, there
would be one at the Mythical stage.

If there aren’t any more terrifying and powerful

existences here, it’s a good place to grind. However,
although there are many dimensional creatures
here, they all have the characteristics of demons...
Zhou Wen observed as he walked. The Truth
Listener earring constantly scanned his
surroundings.

The pillar-like mountain was too far from where

Zhou Wen was. The closer Zhou Wen was to it, the
more majestic the mountain was.

Thankfully, with the Nine-Tailed Fox’s pearl and

Eyes of Legacy, the dimensional creatures that
spewed out of the volcano didn’t attack Zhou Wen,
saving him a lot of trouble.
It took Zhou Wen nearly three hours to approach
the mountain. The bronze tripod’s passageway
could only last for thirty-six hours. If he didn’t
discover anything, Zhou Wen planned on returning
via the original path.

He sized up the mountain that was very close, but

he didn’t discover anything. There were no
dimensional creatures nearby, nor were there any
traces of the void lightning.

As for the volcanic eruptions, Zhou Wen had no idea

if it was a volcano because he couldn’t see beyond
the black smoke above.

He constantly scanned the mountain but failed to

find anything. Zhou Wen hesitated for a moment
before deciding to climb up to take a look. If he
didn’t find anything, he could return the way he had
come to avoid being trapped in this godforsaken
place.

Zhou Wen looked around and didn’t find any

dimensional creatures nearby before climbing up
the mountain.

He used the snow cat’s body to quickly jump on the

mountain rocks. This was because not only was the
mountain huge, but it was also especially steep. The
mountain wall was inclined at almost 90 degrees, so
Zhou Wen could only use the cracks on the rocks or
the protruding spots as a foothold.

The snow cat didn’t have the ability to fly, so Zhou

Wen didn’t use it to avoid being discovered.

Just as he was about to reach the mountainside,

Zhou Wen discovered a protruding platform. He
landed on it and planned on resting to condition
himself.

However, after landing on the platform, he realized

that there was a cave behind the platform. In the
dark cave, there was a pair of eyes staring at him.

This wasn’t something Zhou Wen sensed, he could

really see a pair of eyes. They emitted a blue glow,
making them stand out in the dark cave.

Furthermore, the owner of those eyes was slowly

walking out of the cave.

Zhou Wen was alarmed when he saw the eyes

staring at him. He was about to summon Truth
Listener’s earring to sweep at it.
However, before Zhou Wen could summon Truth
Listener, the creature had already walked out of the
cave. It was a tiger with two wings.

Its body was black, but there were many places that
were transparent dark blue. As it grunted, the dark
blue spots on its body alternated between bright
and dark. When it was bright, it was like a glowing
amethyst. When it was dark, it was the same as the
other black spots on its body. It was blackish-gray
like metal.

Zhou Wen sensed a powerful Essence Energy

fluctuation from it. It was definitely a Mythical
creature, but he didn’t know if it had the ability to
undergo Terror transformation.

Zhou Wen slowly moved his body, but the creature

kept staring at him. Clearly, it had locked onto its
target.
Roar! In the next second, the creature let out a tiger
roar. Its body emitted a blue glow as it pounced
forward.

Zhou Wen was just about to counterattack when he

suddenly realized something. He retreated but
didn’t launch a counterattack.

Boom!

A terrifying beam descended from the mountain

and struck the Mythical creature, freezing its body
in ice.

This rather powerful Mythical creature didn’t even

have the chance to resist. Its body maintained its
pouncing pose as it froze.
And on the mountain peak, a figure quickly floated
down.

Zhou Wen had already used Truth Listener’s ability

to see the figure clearly. It was a woman in a snow
robe. She looked very beautiful, but her face was
extremely cold. Furthermore, her aura was
somewhat different from humans. Her entire body
seemed to emit a frost aura.

Without a doubt, she was a dimensional creature

with terrifying strength.

“Why would a snow cat come here?” The snow-

robed woman was slightly surprised when she saw
Zhou Wen. She extended her hand and sucked the
snow cat into her arms.
At that moment, another dimensional creature with
a snake’s tail and human body slithered down. It
glanced at the frozen Mythical creature and said,
“This Fairy Demonic Tiger is smart. It actually hid
here. It’s no wonder it wasn’t sent to the human
world.”

“Throw it into the void lightning,” the snow-robed

woman said.

The snake-tailed dimensional creature responded

and grabbed the frozen Fairy Demonic Tiger with
one hand before throwing it towards the volcanic
area.

The huge ice block streaked across the sky like a

meteor. Soon, it rushed into an area filled with void
lightning before disappearing.
“What about this little thing?” the snake-tailed
monster asked as it looked at Zhou Wen.

“I’ll deal with it myself,” the snow-robed woman

said as she flew up and headed for the top of the
mountain that resembled a heavenly pillar.

The snake-tailed monster didn’t say anything else

and followed the snow-robed woman to the top of
the mountain.

Chapter 928: Ice Castle Bell

As Zhou Wen was carried by the snow-robed
woman, he felt a chill run through him as though he
had fallen into an ice cellar.

Thankfully, the snow cat was a frost-elemental

creature, so it was quite resistant to coldness.
Otherwise, Zhou Wen might have to pretend to be
frozen by the cold air around her.
The snow-robed woman quickly passed through the
billowing black smoke and arrived at the peak of the
mountain.

Zhou Wen looked around and was suddenly

alarmed to discover that the billowing black smoke
that enveloped the ground was transparent. He
could see everything below clearly.

Zhou Wen secretly cheered inwardly. Thankfully, he

had only used the normal strength of a snow cat
when he scaled the mountain. Otherwise, he would
have long been discovered.

However, Zhou Wen was still somewhat uneasy. He

didn’t know if his snow cat transformation could
fool the snow-robed woman. From her looks, she
was most likely at the Terror grade.
Thankfully, the snow-robed woman didn’t seem to
notice anything wrong with Zhou Wen. After
arriving at the mountaintop, she carried him
towards a building.

At that moment, Zhou Wen realized that there was

an ice sculpture-like castle on the mountaintop. The
woman walked into the ice sculpture castle and the
snake monster followed.

“Why did you bring such a snow cat back? Why

don’t you just throw it back into the void lightning?”
the snake monster asked.

“It’s none of your business.” As the snow-robed

woman spoke, she walked up the ice stairs and
quickly arrived in a room at the top of Ice Sculpture
Castle.
This room was empty other than a crystal coffin.

The snow-robed woman walked to the crystal coffin

and it automatically opened. After she carried Zhou
Wen in and lay down, the crystal coffin
automatically closed.

Zhou Wen quickly realized that the snow-robed

woman was sleeping in the crystal coffin. She
looked human, but her body was colder than ice.

Don’t tell me she will keep sleeping like this? Zhou

Wen struggled out of the snow-robed woman’s
grasp and crawled to an empty spot in the crystal
coffin. He turned to look at the woman and realized
that her skin had turned into jade. If he hadn’t seen
her walk over, he would have thought that she was
a jade statue without any vitality.
Through the crystal coffin, he could see the
situation inside. He couldn’t see anything further.
Although the castle was made of ice, he couldn’t
see anything through the thick ice wall.

With the snow-robed woman beside him, Zhou

Wen didn’t dare summon Truth Listener.

If the woman discovered that there was an earring

on his ear, anyone would know that there was
something wrong with the snow cat.

From the looks of it, there really was a mistake

during the teleportation. This isn’t the place where
the bronze tripod should have teleported me. I have
to teleport back as soon as possible. Zhou Wen
glanced at the sleeping woman and thought to
himself, Is she really sleeping or is she faking it?
Perhaps my attack will be of some use to her when
she isn’t in a Terror form.
With this in mind, Zhou Wen didn’t dare act rashly.
In the end, he decided to wait a little longer. There
was still about thirty hours left, so he didn’t have to
worry about the tunnel closing for the time being.

The space in the crystal coffin wasn’t large to begin

with, so Zhou Wen didn’t have much space to move
around. All he could do was lie in the crystal coffin
to rest and wait for an opportunity to arrive.

Time ticked by. Several hours passed, but the

woman remained asleep. She didn’t move or
breathe at all. It made Zhou Wen suspect that she
was an ice sculpture.

He had no choice but to continue waiting patiently.

After a while, he suddenly heard a clanging sound. It
was like the sound of a bell that reported the time
in ancient times, but it was somewhat different. The
sound was clearer.

Zhou Wen heard it sound twelve times before the

woman finally opened her eyes. Then, she carried
Zhou Wen and climbed out of the crystal coffin.

Zhou Wen heaved a sigh of relief. If the woman

continued sleeping like this, he would really be in
trouble. He might have no choice but to barge out.
Thankfully, that didn’t happen. He still had plenty of
time.

The woman carried Zhou Wen downstairs and soon

arrived in a hall. The snake monster was already
inside.
Zhou Wen was suddenly taken aback. There was a
bell hanging on the back wall of the hall. From the
looks of it, the sound was likely from this bell.

However, the bell looked very similar to the bell The

Thearch had mentioned.

That’s strange. Could it be that I didn’t teleport to

the wrong place? This is the tower that The Thearch
mentioned? Zhou Wen thought for a moment and
felt that something was amiss. If the tower refers to
a mountain peak, there’s no reason for The Thearch
to not make it clear. Furthermore, she said that the
bell is on the highest level of the tower. She didn’t
mention anything about an ice sculptured ancient
castle.

However, Zhou Wen carefully sized up the bell. No

matter how he looked at it, it looked like the bell
The Thearch had mentioned. The various details of
the bell were identical to The Thearch’s description.

What’s going on? Did I teleport to the right place? Is

this the bell? Zhou Wen was momentarily stumped.

“You should know that forcibly retaining the

creatures in the dimensional pool isn’t allowed,
right?” the snake monster said as he glanced at
Zhou Wen in the snow-robed woman’s arms.

“I’ve already said that I don’t need anyone to

interfere in my matters,” the snow-robed woman
said coldly before placing Zhou Wen on the ground
and walking towards the bell.

When she approached the bell, the ice aura over

her body quickly rose and her entire body turned
into an ice sculpture.
Terror transformation! Zhou Wen immediately
recognized the power the snow-robed woman was
using.

The snow-robed woman walked to the bell and

picked it up before shaking it.

Tinkle!

Only then did Zhou Wen realize that the sound

wasn’t from the bell. The bell’s sound was
completely different from before.

With the bell’s sound, Zhou Wen felt an invisible

force radiate out like a blast. Then, he felt the entire
ice castle tremble.
After doing all of this, the woman put the bell back.
Her body gradually left her Terror form.

Zhou Wen didn’t know what had happened, but the

woman still looked exhausted.

“It’s been hard on you,” the snake monster said to

the woman with a smile.

However, the woman ignored him. She carried Zhou

Wen and left the hall.

Zhou Wen originally wanted to find an opportunity

to escape, but when he saw the bell, he hesitated.
He wondered if he should steal the bell first.

The woman carried Zhou Wen back into the crystal

coffin and began sleeping again.
What’s wrong with this woman? Even if you are a
dimensional creature, you can’t just be shaking the
bell and sleeping, right? You should at least eat
something, right? Zhou Wen really felt hungry when
he thought of eating.

However, he couldn’t take anything out of the

Chaos Bead to eat. He had to endure it.

Suddenly, a thought flashed across Zhou Wen’s

mind. Could this woman be treating me as food?

Chapter 929: Escaping with the Bell

Inside the crystal coffin, Zhou Wen kept thinking
about how he could obtain the bell and safely
escape.
Although he wasn’t sure if the bell was the one The
Thearch wanted, since he was already here, Zhou
Wen still wanted to bring the bell back if possible.

The snow-robed woman at the Terror grade, and

the snake monster might also be at the Terror
grade. It wasn’t easy to take away the bell in front
of two Terror-grade entities.

This was an ice castle. Earth Escape was useless.

Teleportation was likely a more effective method.

As long as he could leave the ice castle, he could use

the Earth Elemental Beast to escape to the spatial
passageway on the mountain outside.

From the looks of it, I have to take the risk.

However, it’s still very difficult to take the bell away
from two Terror-grade entities. Zhou Wen recalled
what The Thearch had said about the bell.
The Thearch said that the bell couldn’t be touched
by typical creatures. It had to be taken by a
Companion Beast that had eaten the divine fruit. In
other words, Doctor Darkness had to hold the bell
until he returned.

Zhou Wen calculated the various possibilities and

felt that with his abilities, although he wasn’t a
match for two Terror-grade opponents, as long as
he could obtain the bell, escaping back into the
tunnel shouldn’t be a problem.

Therefore, Zhou Wen decided that if the woman

took him to the bell again, he would snatch it.

Time ticked by. After twelve hours, Zhou Wen heard

a bell-like chimes. After twelve chimes, the woman
woke up again.
The woman carried Zhou Wen to the ice castle’s hall
like the last time.

Zhou Wen immediately focused and planned on

escaping after snatching the bell.

When the woman arrived at the hall, the snake

monster was already in front of the bell. It was
unknown if he had been standing guard there the
entire time and had never left.

However, seeing the woman approach, the snake

monster made way.

The woman placed Zhou Wen on the ground and

was about to walk towards the bell when Zhou Wen
saw that he couldn’t miss the opportunity. Without
any hesitation, he switched to the Civilized Country
Life Soul and restored his original appearance. He
teleported in front of the bell while Doctor Darkness
had already attached himself to Zhou Wen in his
soul form.

Zhou Wen reached out to hold the bell and felt his
soul tremble. Thankfully, with Doctor Darkness
possessing him, nothing worse happened.

The woman and the snake monster quickly reacted.

The woman transformed into an ice maiden as the
snake monster’s body suffused a strange glow. Four
more arms grew out and the six arms emitted a
strange light that shone at Zhou Wen, who had
snatched the bell.

Without any hesitation, he used teleportation to

leave the hall again without stopping. After four
consecutive teleportations, Zhou Wen finally rushed
out of the Ice Castle.
Almost at the same time he rushed out of the ice
castle, Zhou Wen summoned Earth Elemental Beast
and thought to himself, With Earth Elemental
Beast’s Earth Escape ability, I should be able to
return to the spatial passageway with its maximum
distance. Even if the two Terror-grade fellows catch
up, I can use the remaining teleportation abilities to
rush back to the spatial passageway.

However, when Zhou Wen rode on the Earth

Elemental Beast’s back and it landed, Zhou Wen
was stunned.

Outside the ice castle was likely the huge mountain.

Zhou Wen’s original plan was that as long as the
Earth Elemental Beast landed on the mountain, it
would use Earth Escape.

However, after he rushed out of the ice castle, he

suddenly realized that it wasn’t the huge mountain
peak outside. There was no longer the churning sea
of clouds.

Everywhere he looked, there was blue seawater.

Apart from the sea, he couldn’t see anything. The
ice castle floated above the sea.

What... What’s going on... Zhou Wen was

momentarily dumbfounded.

Plop!

The Earth Elemental Beast landed in the seawater

and the seawater hit Zhou Wen’s face, immediately
waking him up. Although he didn’t know what had
happened and why the ice castle had turned into an
endless sea, he had to try his best to escape. There
was no other way.
Almost instantly, Zhou Wen ordered the Earth
Elemental Beast to burrow into the sea.

However, before the Earth Elemental Beast could

burrow down, an ice beam shot over from the ice
castle. It was unbelievably fast.

Zhou Wen’s heart chilled as he unsummoned Earth

Elemental Beast. At the same time, he used the
Civilized Country’s spatial teleportation to leave the
seawater.

When the ice beam landed on the surface of the

sea, a large portion of the seawater froze. The
seawater turned into an unknowingly thick glacier.

The snake monster charged forward in extreme

rage. Its snake tail swayed as it arrived in front of
Zhou Wen in the blink of an eye. Its six arms
brought with them a gust of death as it crazily sliced
through space, hoping to dismember Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen gritted his teeth and summoned Tyrant

Behemoth to meet the snake monster. Tyrant
Behemoth roared as it activated Absolute Strength
and charged at the snake monster.

Crack! Crack!

Blood splattered from wounds that appeared on

Tyrant Behemoth’s extremely tough body. One
could even see broken bones from some of the
wounds.

Tyrant Behemoth screamed as it flew out and

slammed into the ice. It shattered the thick glacier
as large amounts of seawater spewed out from the
crack.
Zhou Wen took the opportunity to retreat dozens of
meters. At the same time, he unsummoned Tyrant
Behemoth and put on the Invisibility Cloak before
instantly disappearing.

The snake monster scanned his surroundings, but

he didn’t find Zhou Wen. He couldn’t help but turn
to the woman and roar, “You brought that human
back. Is he your accomplice?”

The ice maiden said coldly, “If it were me, do you

think I would be so foolish as to let him steal the
Heaven Shrouding Bell like this? If you have the
time to suspect me, why don’t you think of a way to
find him? He won’t be able to escape.”

“Explain this matter to the higher-ups yourself.” The

snake monster seemed to think that what the ice
maiden said made sense, but it still spoke hatefully
before beginning to search for Zhou Wen.

Like him, the ice maiden searched everywhere for

Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen wore the Invisibility Cloak and relied on

three minutes of invisibility to rush into the sea,
desperately swimming deeper.

The seawater here was extremely deep. When Zhou

Wen dived deep into the seawater, he could
vaguely see specks of light at the bottom of the sea,
like stars.

However, the stars were colorful. It reminded Zhou

Wen of the liquid in the volcano.
As Zhou Wen dived deeper, he realized that he was
right. At the bottom of the sea, there were
countless colorful springs that spewed out all sorts
of colorful liquid.

As the colorful liquid spewed out all sorts of crystal-

like objects, they turned into different dimensional
creatures when they came into contact with the
seawater. However, they were different from the
volcanic region from before. The dimensional
creatures here were basically sea creatures.

Chapter 930: Undersea Battle

Is this really not where I was originally? Zhou Wen
felt like crying as he watched the deep-sea
behemoths swim in the sea.

Now, Zhou Wen was certain that something had

gone wrong during the teleportation, but why did it
happen?
Zhou Wen thought for a moment. The Thearch
needed his help and wanted the bell, so she
definitely wouldn’t play any tricks. The Nine-Tailed
Fox didn’t seem to have any reason to mess with
him if she wanted him to deliver a message to
Emperor of Shang.

Furthermore, the Nine-Tailed Fox had given the

pearl to Zhou Wen. It wouldn’t do her any good if
Zhou Wen couldn’t return.

Despite racking his brains, Zhou Wen couldn’t figure

out the reason.

Now, Zhou Wen wasn’t in the mood to think too

much. There wasn’t much time left for the
Invisibility Cloak. He had to think of a way to shake
off the ice maiden and the snake monster as soon
as possible.
Zhou Wen felt that he would die a terrible death if
they found him.

In the vast sea, Zhou Wen didn’t have many places

to hide. All he could do was continue heading deep
into the sea. He decided to find a spring to hide in.

Zhou Wen originally wanted to use the Eye of

Legacy to transform into a dimensional creature,
but there weren’t any low-level Legendary
creatures nearby. It took quite some time to
simulate an Epic creature, so the invisibility time
would be up before he succeeded.

The spring was a place that gave birth to

dimensional creatures. Furthermore, there were
countless of them. It shouldn’t be that easy for the
snake monster and the ice maiden to find him.
Zhou Wen didn’t have the time to choose carefully.
Three minutes of invisibility was too little. He didn’t
have many options, so he swam towards a nearby
spring.

It was a blue liquid spring. When Zhou Wen came

previously, he had come out of the blue liquid. The
blue liquid was safer.

As he watched the blue spring gradually expand in

his vision, the blue liquid inside automatically
isolated itself from the seawater, just like how
water and oil don’t mix.

Zhou Wen plunged into the blue liquid and found it

somewhat similar to the previous blue liquid.
However, it was still different. The blue liquid here
was darker in color and colder.
Thankfully, this temperature wasn’t enough to
damage Zhou Wen’s body. Zhou Wen dived deeper
into the spring and tried his best to hide.

At the bottom of the blue liquid was a blue crystal.

It wasn’t surprising that it had a crystal body. What
was strange was that the crystal bodies Zhou Wen
had seen previously were densely arranged. There
were many of them, but this crystal body was alone.
No similar crystal body appeared around it.

The blue crystal was like a pineapple with many

edges. It was about the size of a basketball.

Could it be that this is the only one left after all the
crystalline bodies have been spewed out? Zhou
Wen guessed inwardly. This was because he had
seen many fountains spew out quite a number of
dimensional creatures. It was impossible for there
to be only one crystal.
Zhou Wen wasn’t in the mood to think too much as
he hid beside the crystal. The Invisibility Cloak’s
three minutes of invisibility had ended. Although he
was still visually invisible, complete invisibility was
gone.

Zhou Wen converged his aura and hid without

moving. He wanted to preserve his life before
finding a way to return.

However, Zhou Wen’s expression quickly turned

nasty.

This was because Truth Listener had already

discovered that the ice maiden and the snake
monster had already swam down. From the
direction they were heading in, they were clearly
coming for the spring where he had hidden.
Crap, could it be a problem with this bell? Zhou
Wen immediately realized the problem, but it was
too late to throw the bell away.

If he rushed out now, it would be no different from

courting death. Zhou Wen remained motionless as
he hid beside the crystal.

Indeed, the ice maiden and the snake monster

arrived outside the blue spring. The ice maiden
looked at the blue spring and said, “The Heaven
Shrouding Bell is inside.”

The snake monster glanced at her and said, “Are

you sure?”

“Do you think I’ll make a mistake?” the ice maiden

said as she entered the spring.
The snake monster snorted coldly and didn’t say
anything else. He followed the ice maiden into the
spring.

“Didn’t you say that he’s here? Where is he?” The

snake monster scanned the area, but he didn’t
discover Zhou Wen. Clearly, he wasn’t proficient in
searching for people.

The ice maiden said indifferently, “He’s right there.

Can’t you see him?”

With that said, the ice maiden casually shot out an

ice beam at Zhou Wen’s hiding spot.

Zhou Wen had no choice but to move. Thankfully,

he was agile in water, so he didn’t need to use
teleportation to dodge the ice beam.
However, the moment he moved, the snake
monster immediately discovered his location.
Although Zhou Wen was still visually invisible, it was
useless.

The snake monster charged at Zhou Wen as

terrifying wind blades crisscrossed and slashed at
him.

Zhou Wen’s movement technique was amazing, but

his speed was still much slower than the snake
monster. After dodging a few wind blades, he was
unable to dodge them. All he could do was use
teleportation again.

The wind blades that could slice through space

failed to injure Zhou Wen. After rushing over, a
wind blade slashed at the crystal behind him,
causing a crack to appear.
Just as Zhou Wen was about to summon Earth
Elemental Beast to see if he could use the rocks at
the seabed to escape, he suddenly felt a terrifying
vibration coming from underground.

Then, a powerful force surged from below, spewing

out everything in the spring.

The power that erupted from the spring was very

strange. Even the snake monster and the ice
maiden couldn’t withstand it and were spat out.

Crap! Zhou Wen separated himself from the blue

liquid. He was surrounded by seawater, so there
was no chance for him to use Earth Escape.

After the snake monster and the ice maiden

separated from the blue liquid, they surrounded
Zhou Wen.
Just as the snake monster was about to charge at
Zhou Wen, it suddenly saw the blue crystal appear
between the three of them. After leaving the blue
liquid, the crystal rapidly transformed, quickly
turning into a strange dimensional creature.

It was a blue clam. The blue crystal-like shell was

fan-shaped and looked very beautiful.

The moment the dimensional creature appeared, it

opened its shell and spat out a blue beam of light.
Its target was the snake monster.

The clam-type dimensional creature’s attack on the

snake monster had already surprised Zhou Wen.
What surprised him even more was that the snake
monster, which had already taken a Terror form,
chose to dodge instead of blocking the blue light.
What’s that dimensional creature? It actually makes
a Terror-grade existence wary. Zhou Wen’s mind
raced as he wondered if this was an opportunity for
him to escape.

The clam-type dimensional creature seemed to

recognize the snake monster as it constantly
spewed out blue light at him. The snake monster
wore an ugly expression, but it only dodged and
didn’t attack the shell.
Chapter 931: New Era
The snake monster was stopped by the scallop, but
the ice maiden rushed over. An ice beam descended
at an unbelievable speed. Zhou Wen had already
pushed Transcendent Flying Immortal to its limits,
but he still couldn’t dodge it.

After all, Zhou Wen was only at the Epic stage; just
his stats alone were much weaker.
He had no choice but to use his teleportation ability
again. However, he didn’t have many teleportation
attempts left. It was impossible for him to last long.

He wanted to teleport to the bottom of the sea to

see if he could use Earth Escape, but the ice maiden
seemed to see through his thoughts. When the ice
beam shone at the bottom of the sea, it
immediately turned a large area of the sea into ice.
It didn’t give Zhou Wen a chance to touch the sand
and rocks.

Zhou Wen retreated as he fought. The number of

teleportations in the Civilized Country was
decreasing, and now there were only two left.

When Zhou Wen had no choice but to use

teleportation again, he suddenly felt the energy in
Civilized Country explode. At that moment, Civilized
Country advanced.
Zhou Wen was overjoyed as the ghost-faced ring
underwent a new change. The half-evil and half-
beautiful ghost face underwent a strange change.
The ugly half became extremely handsome, while
the handsome half became abnormally ugly. The
gears in his eyes also spun in the opposite direction.

At the same time, the evolved information of

Civilized Country entered Zhou Wen’s mind.
Although the information was very vague and
wasn’t as clear as the annotations in-game, he could
roughly understand its functions.

The evolved Life Soul of the Civilized Country was

called New Era. The detailed abilities were
unknown, but he could sense that the number of
times he could use instantaneous transmission had
increased. Zhou Wen didn’t know how many times
he could use it, but it was definitely more than ten.
Great! Zhou Wen watched as the ice maiden shot
out another ice beam. Having nowhere to retreat,
Zhou Wen used his teleportation ability again.

This teleportation distance was much further than

before. Furthermore, he didn’t sense the energy of
the New Era Life Soul dissipate. From the looks of it,
he could use it many more times.

Zhou Wen constantly teleported in an attempt to

shake off the ice maiden, but he quickly realized
that it was impossible to shake her off in the sea.
She actually had a Water Escape skill that allowed
her to appear and disappear in the sea, allowing her
to teleport kilometers.

Zhou Wen suspected that the reason the ice castle

changed from the volcanic area to the sea was
because the ice maiden had previously rung the
bell. He also tried to ring the bell in his hand, but no
matter how he shook it, the bell wouldn’t ring.

Thinking back to when the ice maiden rang the bell,

she had entered her Terror form. Thinking that this
bell could only be used at the Terror grade, he had
no choice but to give up on using it.

He teleported to the surface of the sea and the ice

maiden chased after him.

After the snake monster shook off the scallop, it

chased after him. Seeing that the ice maiden was
still chasing Zhou Wen and wasn’t shaken off, it
heaved a sigh of relief and quickly chased after
them.

Zhou Wen used teleportation repeatedly in the sky

and had once distanced himself from the ice
maiden, but as long as he stopped, she would
quickly catch up to him.

Zhou Wen guessed that the ice maiden had a

special method to sense the bell. Unless he threw
the bell away, it was almost impossible to shake her
off.

Although he could teleport multiple times with New

Era, it wasn’t infinite. Zhou Wen knew that it would
be used up sooner or later. He had to find a way to
escape before that happened.

After some thought, Zhou Wen continuously

teleported, distancing himself from the ice maiden
before rushing into the sea.

Zhou Wen’s luck wasn’t bad. He saw a group of

dimensional creatures that had just spewed out of a
spring. Most of them were at the Mortal stage, and
he occasionally saw a few at the Legendary stage.

Now, these creatures were what Zhou Wen needed.

He rushed over and used the Eye of Legacy to scan a
Mortal-stage Golden Scaled Fish.

As it was a Mortal creature, the scanning time was

very short. In the blink of an eye, Zhou Wen became
a Golden-Scaled Fish that mixed with the school of
Golden-Scaled Fish.

Unfortunately, the bell couldn’t be stored in the

Chaos Bead. After Zhou Wen transformed, the bell
hung on his fin.

“Where did he go?” The snake monster caught up

and asked when it saw the ice maiden stop.
“It’s right below. He wants to do the same thing
again, so I feigned ignorance and didn’t chase after
him. I waited for you to come over and capture him
together to prevent him from escaping again,” the
ice maiden said.

The snake monster immediately understood what

she meant and asked, “He became a snow cat
again?”

“He’s not a snow cat, but a Gold Scaled Fish,” the

ice maiden said. “His transformation technique is
somewhat strange. Even I can’t tell what
dimensional creature he has transformed into. If he
didn’t have the Heaven Shrouding Bell on him, it
would have been very difficult to find him.”

“Where is he? We have to quickly snatch the

Heaven Shrouding Bell back to prevent any
accidents from happening,” said the snake monster.
“Alright, we’ll surround him from both sides and
prevent him from escaping.” The ice maiden
pointed at Zhou Wen and said, “The Heaven
Shrouding Bell is on him. Take a closer look and you
will be able to tell which one is him.”

With that said, the ice maiden rushed into the sea
from one side while the snake monster entered
from another side to do a pincer attack.

When Zhou Wen saw the ice maiden and the snake
monster plunge down, he knew that his
transformation technique was useless. He
immediately wanted to escape.

However, the snake monster didn’t give him a

chance. Wind blades sliced through the sea and
enveloped Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen had no choice but to switch his Life Soul
and use teleportation again to dodge the snake
monster’s attack. However, just as he teleported,
he saw the ice maiden in front of him. An ice beam
shone down.

Now, it wasn’t a matter of teleportation. He was

too close to the ice maiden and the ice beam was
too fast. Zhou Wen’s reaction couldn’t keep up.

However, thanks to his intuition cultivated from

prolonged combat, Zhou Wen still used
teleportation to dodge the strike. However, when
he teleported out, he felt his head, hands, and legs
being grabbed by someone as though he was
wearing iron chains.

Zhou Wen was alarmed. The person who had

grabbed him was the snake monster with six arms.
The hands at the top grabbed Zhou Wen’s head,
while the hands in the middle grabbed his wrists.
The hands at the bottom grabbed Zhou Wen’s feet.
His expression was extremely ferocious as though
he was a devil from hell, about to tear Zhou Wen’s
body into six pieces.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen used Doctor

Darkness’s Dark Right Hand. His right hand suddenly
turned into nothingness and escaped the snake
monster’s control. He stabbed it into its head,
hoping to pluck its brain out.

Zhou Wen realized that his idea was a little too

idealistic. Only a Terror-grade could defeat a Terror-
grade. This was definitely not a joke. The Wheel of
Destiny power of the Darkness Right Hand had
actually penetrated the snake monster’s head, but
it failed to extract his brain.
The brain was like a bull’s tendon; Zhou Wen had no
way of pulling it.

However, Zhou Wen’s actions made the snake

monster cry out in pain. At the same time, he
turned extremely furious as he exerted strength
with his other five hands, hoping to tear Zhou Wen
apart.

Chapter 932: Ice Maiden’s Scheme

Zhou Wen’s body was restrained by the snake
monster’s strange power, preventing him from
teleporting away. He was alarmed as a terrifying
tearing pain came from his body, as though his
muscles and bones were about to be torn apart by
the snake monster.

I can only risk it. Zhou Wen gritted his teeth. As he

retracted his right hand, he held the Heaven
Shrouding Bell in his right hand before using
Darkness Right Hand again.

“Ah!” The snake monster held its head and

screamed. Zhou Wen used the Darkness Right Hand
to stuff the Heaven Shrouding Bell into its head.

He had only done it in passing and didn’t think that

it would be of much use. He had originally planned
on giving up on the Heaven Shrouding Bell. It would
probably make it difficult for the ice maiden and the
snake monster to track him down. In order to
survive, he had no choice but to abandon the bell.

However, to his surprise, after the bell was placed

in the snake monster’s head, it made it hold its
head and scream. For a moment, it forgot about
tearing Zhou Wen apart.
Suddenly, an ice beam flashed. Just as Zhou Wen
was about to dodge, he realized that the ice beam
wasn’t directed at him.

This ice beam was extremely terrifying. The ice

beam Zhou Wen had seen previously was
considered warm when compared to this ice beam.

The ice beam shone on the defenseless snake

monster, freezing it into ice.

Zhou Wen took the opportunity to escape the two

hands that were still grabbing at his feet and finally
regained his freedom.

Did she accidentally hit the wrong person? Zhou

Wen glanced at the snake monster who wore a look
of horror and pain. He saw that it couldn’t move at
all and was completely frozen.
It wasn’t an accident. It was deliberate. Zhou Wen
looked at the ice maiden.

The ice maiden didn’t attack Zhou Wen again. She

looked at him coldly and said, “The fox core on you
belongs to the Nine-Tailed Fox, right?”

Zhou Wen was delighted when he heard that. “Yes,

you know her?”

“If I didn’t know her, why would I bring you into my

castle?” the ice maiden said indifferently.

Zhou Wen had previously suspected why the ice

maiden had brought him into the ice castle.

If she wanted to rear pets, there were adorable

dimensional creatures everywhere. She had seen
more dimensional creatures than the grains of rice
Zhou Wen had eaten. There was no need for her to
make an exception and rear a snow cat.

“Don’t tell me you brought me into the ice castle to

deal with him?” Zhou Wen suddenly reacted and
glanced at the frozen snake monster.

“I have to thank you for that. If you hadn’t attracted

all his attention, I wouldn’t have been able to
succeed so easily.” The ice maiden’s tone was very
strange as though she was talking about something
unrelated to her. However, she clearly wanted to
deal with the snake monster and had deliberately
used Zhou Wen.

“In that case, I did you a favor. Since everyone is

friends with the Nine-Tailed Fox, let’s pretend
nothing happened today,” Zhou Wen said.
“Did the Nine-Tailed Fox ask you to steal the
Heaven Shrouding Bell?” the ice maiden ignored his
words and asked directly.

Zhou Wen was momentarily at a loss for an answer.

If the ice maiden was the enemy of the Nine-Tailed
Fox, it would be difficult for him to escape death if
he said yes.

However, if the ice maiden was a friend of the Nine-

Tailed Fox and he said no, he would probably end
up missing a great opportunity to live.

With an instant’s thought, Zhou Wen decided to

take a gamble and immediately answered, “Yes.”

“Why did she ask you to steal the Heaven Shrouding

Bell?” the ice maiden asked again.
Seeing that she didn’t show any signs of anger, Zhou
Wen knew that he had made the right bet. He said,
“I don’t know about that. I was only entrusted by
her to steal the bell. Also, I wish to meet Emperor of
Shang and help her deliver a message.”

“What message?” the ice maiden asked with a

frown.

“You aren’t Emperor of Shang. It doesn’t seem

appropriate for me to tell you,” Zhou Wen said after
some thought.

“You don’t have to say it,” the ice maiden said

coldly.

“Alright, she only said ‘think not.’” Zhou Wen felt

that it was best not to use force if he could.
“Hmph, if she really knew the words ‘think not,’ she
wouldn’t have gotten you to steal the Heaven
Shrouding Bell,” the ice maiden said with a twitch of
her lips. Then, her hands emitted an ice beam.
When the ice beam landed on the snake monster, it
gradually disintegrated its body before shattering
into ice shards. It left Zhou Wen’s scalp tingling.

This was a Terror-grade creature, but it was killed

just like that.

Amidst the ice shards, an Essence Energy Skill

Crystal and Heaven Shrouding Bell appeared.
Unfortunately, none of them belonged to Zhou
Wen. With a casual wave of her hand, the Skill
Crystal landed in her hand.

“Emperor of Shang is a criminal. The place he’s

imprisoned in an extremely dangerous dimension.
With your strength, you aren’t strong enough to
enter.

“Isn’t this a dimension?” Zhou Wen asked in

puzzlement.

“This can only be considered a buffer zone between

Earth and the dimension. It’s not a real dimension.
If you really go to the dimension and aren’t at the
Terror grade, it will be difficult for you to even
survive. How could it be so easy?” The ice maiden
said, “If you aren’t afraid of death, I can show you
the way and let you enter the dimension to meet
Emperor of Shang. Whether you can survive in the
dimension will depend on your luck.”

“Since it’s so dangerous, it’s best I don’t go,” Zhou

Wen said.
“You have been entrusted to do something, so how
can you give up halfway?” The ice maiden paused
and said, “Take the Heaven Shrouding Bell with you.
Perhaps you will have a chance to walk to the place
where Emperor of Shang is imprisoned alive.”

Zhou Wen never expected the ice maiden to say

such words. He couldn’t help but be overjoyed, but
in the next second, his heart palpitated as he felt
that something was amiss.

When the ice maiden threw the Heaven Shrouding

Bell at him, she suddenly shot out an ice beam. It
was fast and ruthless, not inferior to the ice beam
that had frozen the snake monster.

It’s really true that women are most vicious. Zhou

Wen quickly teleported and forcefully escaped the
ice maiden’s pursuit.
After rushing into the sea, Zhou Wen once again
used the Eyes of Legacy to transform into an ocean
dimensional creature. This time, although the ice
maiden flew across the sky nearby, she didn’t
discover him.

“You won’t be able to escape. This place isn’t Earth,

nor does it belong to the dimension. There’s no way
out. If you come out now, you can die a faster
death,” the ice maiden said as she hung in the air,
seemingly certain that Zhou Wen was nearby.

Zhou Wen naturally couldn’t answer her. To answer

her was equivalent to exposing his location. A
heartless creature like the ice maiden definitely
wouldn’t let him off.

Without the Heaven Shrouding Bell on him, the ice

maiden couldn’t tell the difference between Zhou
Wen and ordinary dimensional creatures. Zhou Wen
followed the dimensional creatures and gradually
left the area.

However, these dimensional creatures seemed to

have a territorial sense. They wouldn’t go far, so
Zhou Wen had no choice but to transform into
another dimensional creature. He traveled further
and further, hoping to escape the ice maiden.

Zhou Wen turned into a fish swimming when he

suddenly saw a blue glow appear in front of him. It
was like a glowing sapphire. Zhou Wen took a
careful look and realized that it was the blue
scallop. Without realizing it, he had returned to the
vicinity of the spring with the blue liquid.

Chapter 933: Unexpected Advancement

It was unknown where this scallop came from, but it
was able to make a terrifying expert like the snake
monster retreat. It seemed to be very powerful.
However, Zhou Wen had seen the blue light it
spewed out. It didn’t seem as powerful as he had
imagined. The blue light wasn’t fast, nor did he see
any astonishing might. He didn’t know why the
snake monster would take the initiative to retreat.

Now that Zhou Wen was running for his life, he

wasn’t in the mood to study the scallop’s abilities,
nor did he wish to cause trouble.

The scallop remained silently on the sand without

being alarmed by Zhou Wen’s arrival. Apart from
attacking the snake monster, it hadn’t attacked any
other dimensional creatures.

Zhou Wen saw a Fiend Claw Fish swim past it, but it
didn’t react.
As he was sizing up the scallop, void lightning
appeared not far away. The dimensional creatures
that were struck by the void lightning vanished just
like the dimensional creatures in the volcanic zone.

If the void lightning is really a spatial rift that leads

to Earth’s dimensional zone, can I leave through
that? Zhou Wen had similar thoughts before, but he
couldn’t give it a try. If he made a wrong guess or if
a human’s body couldn’t withstand the power of
the void lightning, he would be doomed.

Just as Zhou Wen was pondering over it, he heard

the ice maiden’s voice ring out on the surface of the
sea. “If you want to live, we can have a chat. Hand
over the Nine-Tailed Fox core and I can spare your
life. You have to consider carefully. In three hours,
I’ll leave this place. When the time comes, there will
be no way out. You won’t be able to return to Earth
or enter the dimension. You can only be trapped
here til death.”
So she wants the pearl lent to me by the Nine-
Tailed Fox, but it might be an excuse to lure me out
and kill me. Zhou Wen didn’t move.

“You better believe me. Not many dimensional

experts can even enter this place. No one will come
here for tens of thousands of years. You only have
three hours left. If you still want to live, come to the
castle and find me.” With that said, the ice maiden
returned to the ice castle.

Zhou Wen originally suspected that the ice maiden

was luring him out, but he later realized that she
had really left.

Zhou Wen secretly sneaked to the vicinity of the ice

castle and saw that there was no movement inside.
As for the ice maiden, she was indeed inside. It
looked like she really had no intention of looking for
him.

If the ice maiden could really take him back to the

volcanic area, Zhou Wen was willing to give her the
Nine-Tailed Fox’s pearl. After all, nothing was more
important than his life.

The problem was that no one knew if the ice

maiden would really keep her promise.

After some thought, Zhou Wen couldn’t make up

his mind. It was mainly because he didn’t have the
ability to fight a Terror-grade entity. If he entered
the ice castle, he would be at her mercy. It was
equivalent to handing his life to someone else.

After circling the nearby sea, this place seemed to

be an endless sea. It was as if there was nothing
else in the world other than the sea.
I wonder if this place is connected to the volcanic
area. Even if it is, I reckon that when I rush back, the
time limit of thirty-six hours would have already
passed. As Zhou Wen was thinking, he passed by
the scallop.

Strange, why is it still here? Zhou Wen looked at the

scallop in surprise.

Previously, void lightning had already swept

through this area. The other dimensional creatures
had vanished in the void lightning, but the scallop
remained. It was clearly abnormal.

From the looks of it, this scallop is indeed

extraordinary. Zhou Wen had the intention of
studying its abilities, but this was reality, so he
didn’t act rashly.
After some thought, Zhou Wen attempted to use
the Eyes of Legacy to scan the scallop. He wanted to
see if he could transform into it. As long as he could
transform into it, he would know what abilities it
had.

The Eyes of Legacy looked at the sapphire-like

scallop. His mirror-like eyes reflected its
appearance.

The scallop remained motionless, allowing Zhou

Wen to heave a sigh of relief.

Large amounts of Essence Energy surged into his

eyes. The amount of Essence Energy needed to
simulate the scallop left Zhou Wen somewhat
alarmed. This was about the same as when Zhou
Wen scanned Torch Dragon Youngling.
After scanning for a while, he still couldn’t
transform. There was too much information
contained in the scallop.

Zhou Wen’s Essence Energy was about to be

depleted. He failed to transform into the scallop,
but the Eyes of Legacy began to evolve after
copying so much information.

It can’t be... It evolved so easily... Zhou Wen still

found it unbelievable. This advancement to a
Perfect Body was too sudden.

At the same time, Zhou Wen was extremely

delighted. The advancement of the Eyes of Legacy
to a Perfect Body meant that his Constitution’s two
Life Souls had reached a Perfect Body. His
Constitution was finally reaching 41.
There were several Mythical Essence Energy Skills
that he couldn’t cultivate in the past. He could try
them now.

With the transformation of the Eyes of Legacy, Zhou

Wen felt a mysterious energy spread to other parts
of his body. As the blood flowed through his body, it
caused a shocking change.

...

The ice maiden placed the Heaven Shrouding Bell

back in the ice castle hall and waited for Zhou
Wen’s arrival.

She wasn’t lying to Zhou Wen. According to the

plan, she had to leave within three hours. And she
had relied on the Heaven Shrouding Bell’s strength
to come here.
Once she left, she didn’t know when she would
return again. It was normal for no one to step foot
in such a place for tens of thousands of years.

The dimensional creatures here might be treasures

to humans, but to dimensional creatures, they were
too weak. They were products of Earth’s
civilizations.

Looking at the time, it was less than fifteen minutes

to the deadline to leave, but there was still no sign
of Zhou Wen.

“It looks like he won’t come. What a pity. If I can

obtain the Nine-Tailed Fox core, I can spare his life,”
the ice maiden muttered.
Suddenly, the ice maiden stood up and looked
outside the ice castle. She saw Zhou Wen fly over
from the distant sky and arrive in front of the ice
castle’s door.

“You’re finally here?” The ice maiden walked out of

the hall and stood on the ice steps outside. She
looked at Zhou Wen and said, “There are only a few
minutes left. You’ve finally made a wise decision.
Leave the Fox core to me, and I’ll take you out.”

Zhou Wen looked at the ice maiden and said, “I

don’t plan on giving you anything. Not to mention
the fox core, I won’t even give you a Black Chicken
White Phoenix Pill.”

“So you want to die of old age here?” The ice

maiden said expressionlessly.

“Of course not. I’ll leave with you,” Zhou Wen said.
The ice maiden said disdainfully, “Do you think I’ll
take you out if you don’t hand over the fox core?”

“Of course. It’s not up to you to disagree,” Zhou

Wen said.

Chapter 934: Student Surpasses the Master

“Oh, then I want to know the reason. Why must I
take you away?” The ice maiden wasn’t angry. From
her point of view, Zhou Wen’s words were like an
ant bragging to an elephant. It was nothing but a
joke.

Zhou Wen said, “It’s very simple. This is because

you previously said that you have to leave this place
within three hours. In that case, as long as I enter
the ice castle, you can only take me with you once
the three hours are up.”
“Does that mean you plan on walking into my
trap?” the ice maiden mocked.

As Zhou Wen could teleport, it wasn’t easy for her

to capture him outside. However, the ice castle was
only that big. Furthermore, the ice castle had a very
powerful augmentation effect on her.

The ice maiden’s power could fill the entire ice

castle. As long as Zhou Wen was inside, he had
nowhere to hide.

Previously, she had wanted to use Zhou Wen to lure

the snake monster, giving her a chance to eliminate
him. That was why she had allowed Zhou Wen to
easily leave the ice castle. Now, she didn’t have any
scruples.
The moment Zhou Wen entered the ice castle, he
was like a bird in a cage.

“It’s not walking into a trap, but a sparrow

occupying a pigeon’s nest,” Zhou Wen said as he
stared at the ice castle. If he wanted to leave this
place, he had to enter the ice castle. There was no
other way.

The ice maiden smiled. She had never smiled much

in her life, but this time, she smiled. Furthermore,
she smiled very happily as though she had heard an
extremely funny joke.

“Then come. Let me see how you, a little sparrow,

can occupy my ice castle,” said ice maiden.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen estimated that it

was about time and walked towards the ice castle.
After Zhou Wen entered the ice castle, the ice
maiden didn’t immediately take action. Instead, she
looked at him with interest and said, “I’ve seen
quite a number of humans, but you are the first to
be so ignorant and arrogant. How do you want to
occupy my ice castle? You can take action now.”

“If you don’t take action, I can also be a good

guest,” Zhou Wen said.

“Do you know who you are talking to?” The ice
maiden’s eyes flickered with a terrifying coldness as
she glared at Zhou Wen.

“I was just about to ask.” Zhou Wen really didn’t

know who the ice maiden was.
“The Nine-Tailed Fox dared to let you steal the
Heaven Shrouding Bell, but she didn’t tell you about
the four demon monarchs guarding it?” the ice
maiden asked.

“What are the four demon monarchs?” Zhou Wen

asked.

“What a foolish and pitiful human. You don’t even

know about the four demon monarchs, but you
were tricked by that demon consort to steal the
Heaven Shrouding Bell. However, it makes sense.
The ignorant are fearless. If you knew what kind of
existence the four demon monarchs are, you
probably wouldn’t have dared to come here to steal
the Heaven Shrouding Bell.”

The ice maiden continued, “On Earth, so-called

Mythical creatures are nothing but cannon fodder
among species in the dimension. The Terror grade is
the beginning of the path of the strong. Only a
Calamity grade has a seat in the dimension. The
four monarchs of the demons are the royal families
of the four demons. The descendants of these four
royal families will definitely be able to advance to
the Calamity grade, and I am from the Ice Monarch
race of the four royal families.”

“So you are that powerful. Then are you a Calamity

grade now?” Zhou Wen asked the ice maiden.

The ice maiden choked immediately. How could it

be so easy to advance to the Calamity grade?
Although she was from the Ice Monarch race, she
only had the talent and potential to advance to the
Calamity grade. To truly advance to the Calamity
grade, not only did she need talent and potential,
but she also needed a large amount of resources
and personal effort.
“Even if I’m not at the Calamity grade, killing you
will be as easy as flipping my hand,” the ice maiden
said.

Although Zhou Wen didn’t like chatting, he would

rather have a chat with the ice maiden if he could
leave the area without any fighting.

“Then do you know who I am?” Zhou Wen suddenly

asked solemnly.

“You? You’re just a human. You’re nothing. I don’t

need to know who you are,” the ice maiden said
with disdain.

“Of course, you can think that I’m mediocre or that

you haven’t heard of me. However, I believe you
should have heard of my teacher,” Zhou Wen said.
“Who’s your teacher? Don’t tell me he’s also a
human?” the ice maiden said, clearly not caring
who Zhou Wen’s teacher was.

“That’s right. He’s a human. My teacher’s name is

Wang Mingyuan. Have you heard of this name?”
Zhou Wen actually only wanted to see if he could
obtain any information about Wang Mingyuan. He
didn’t think Wang Mingyuan was very strong.

Wang Mingyuan was indeed very strong among

humans, but he had only recently advanced to the
Mythical stage. In the dimension, the Mythical stage
was nothing.

Zhou Wen used this tone to speak to the ice maiden

because he wanted to use her arrogance to obtain
some information about Wang Mingyuan.
However, the ice maiden’s reaction seemed to
exceed Zhou Wen’s expectations. She looked at him
in surprise and said, “You are Wang Mingyuan’s
disciple?”

Zhou Wen couldn’t help but be slightly taken aback.

From the ice maiden’s expression, she didn’t show
any contempt for humans when she mentioned
Wang Mingyuan.

“That’s right. I’m Wang Mingyuan’s most

outstanding and most beloved disciple. How do I
compare to you, the descendant of the Ice
Monarch?” Zhou Wen feigned a proud expression.

The ice maiden snorted coldly and said, “Wang

Mingyuan is indeed capable by defeating the
Dragon King of the Octokind and becoming the new
monarch of the Dragon Gods. Unfortunately, no
matter how strong your teacher is, he won’t come
here to save you. Your life is still in my hands. Hand
over the fox core and I can spare your life. I can also
send you to the Dragon Gods.”

Zhou Wen was taken aback when he heard that. He

originally imagined that something had happened
to Wang Mingyuan, but to his surprise, Wang
Mingyuan seemed to have done something
extraordinary.

Even the ice maiden, who looked down on humans,

was somewhat afraid when mentioning Wang
Mingyuan. She didn’t have any intention of
underestimating him. The Dragon Monarch that
Wang Mingyuan had defeated was definitely not an
ordinary dimensional creature.

Zhou Wen had no idea that the monarch of the

Octokind were all Calamity-grade existences.
However, there were differences in strength among
Calamity-grades existences. Among the Octokind,
the other monarchs were only average. However,
there were two monarchs who were extremely
terrifying existences. Even in the dimension, they
were famous. One of them was the Dragon King.

The former Dragon King was so famous that he was

comparable to the four demon monarchs. As for
Wang Mingyuan, he had actually defeated the
Dragon King and become the new king of the
Dragon Gods. This matter shocked many
dimensional species.

For such an expert, even if the ice maiden looked

down on ordinary humans, she wouldn’t
underestimate him.

Furthermore, in essence, Wang Mingyuan was no

longer a pure human.
Zhou Wen naturally didn’t know about this.
However, from the ice maiden’s tone, he knew that
Wang Mingyuan was doing pretty well in the
dimension. Nothing bad happened because he took
the divine fruit. This made him feel much better.

Zhou Wen looked at the ice maiden and said, “You

dimensional species just don’t like studying. Haven’t
you heard of the saying ‘the color blue is made out
of indigo but is more vivid than indigo?’”

“What do you mean?” The ice maiden clearly didn’t

know this human proverb.

“It means that the teacher can be very impressive,

but the students they teach are even more
impressive,” Zhou Wen explained seriously.

Chapter 935: Demon God Body

The ice maiden laughed happily. This was the first
time she had met a human like Zhou Wen.

Wang Mingyuan was indeed powerful. No one

would deny the strength of a human who could
defeat the Dragon King. They would also give him
the corresponding respect.

However, that was under the condition that Wang

Mingyuan had the ability to earn the prestige.
Furthermore, Wang Mingyuan had fused with a
Guardian, so he was no longer considered a human.

After fusing with the Guardian, his body no longer

had any human shackles. In essence, Wang
Mingyuan was already considered a part of the
dimension zone and not a human from Earth.
Zhou Wen was a pure Earth human who wasn’t
even at the Mythical stage, yet he dared to say such
words. The ice maiden found it very funny.

“Are all the humans on Earth as ignorant and

laughable as you?” the ice maiden asked Zhou Wen.

“I don’t find it funny,” Zhou Wen said solemnly.

“Then you must be crazy. A human at the Epic stage

who doesn’t even have the right to live in the
dimension dares to be mentioned in the same
breath as the Dragon King. You even claim that you
have surpassed him. I’m afraid you don’t know what
kind of existence a Calamity-grade existence like the
Dragon King is.”

The ice maiden paused for a moment before

continuing, “That’s right. It’s impossible for you to
have a chance to see a Calamity-grade existence on
Earth. On Earth, the Terror grade is already an
unparalleled existence. If a Calamity grade comes
close to Earth, even if it’s just an unconscious
contact without any hostility, it will cause an
unimaginable disaster to Earth. The ignorant are
fearless. Your arrogance is understandable.”

With that said, the ice maiden ignored Zhou Wen

and transformed into her Terror form. She walked
to the bell, picked it up, and shook it.

Zhou Wen felt the ice castle shake again before

using Truth Listener to look outside. He realized
that it wasn’t an ocean outside the ice castle, but he
wasn’t back at the volcanic area. Outside, there was
an endless grassland. He could see many
dimensional creatures with human torsos but the
lower body and legs of horses. Some dimensional
creatures were even stranger.
After putting down the bell, the ice maiden slowly
turned around and looked at Zhou Wen
expressionlessly. “Your jokes are very funny, but I’m
not interested in them. Hand over the fox core now
and I can send you to the Dragon Gods. Otherwise,
even if Wang Mingyuan is really your teacher, you
will definitely die today.”

“I haven’t died before. I want to give it a try,” Zhou

Wen said.

“Very well.” The ice maiden’s gaze turned cold as

her body emitted an ice beam. In an instant, the
entire ice castle was enveloped by a terrifying cold
aura. The interior space was filled, sealing off all
possibilities.

The power of the Terror grade was indeed not

something ordinary Mythical creatures could
compare with.
Almost at the same time the ice maiden attacked,
Zhou Wen’s body underwent a change. The speed
at which he changed exceeded one’s imagination.
As the ice castle was sealed, Zhou Wen turned into
a blue scallop.

This was the ability that the Eyes of Legacy had

given Zhou Wen after it advanced to a Perfect Body.

Demon God Body (Perfect Body): A carrier of the

demons’ bloodline. A catalog of the myriad races.

In the past, the Eyes of Legacy could only scan and

transform. Once it switched to other Essence
Energy Arts, the transformation would be gone. If
he wanted to continue transforming, he could only
scan again.
However, the present Demon God Body didn’t need
to go through that trouble. As long as Zhou Wen
had scanned and transformed into the dimensional
creature previously, he would be able to store the
memory into the Demon God Body like a picture.
He could directly transform when he wanted to use
it without spending a lot of time and Essence
Energy scanning.

Furthermore, the Essence Energy expenditure

needed to transform was further reduced as a
Perfect Body Life Soul. With Zhou Wen’s current
Essence Energy, he could support transforming into
a Mythical creature.

Mutated Demon Mother Clam? The ice maiden’s

expression changed when she saw the blue
crystalline shell that Zhou Wen had transformed
into.
Her ice beam shone on the blue crystalline shell, but
it failed to freeze it. There seemed to be a blue
vortex inside the blue shell. When the ice beam
shone on it, it was immediately sucked in.

Zhou Wen was in a very good mood. After his Life

Soul advanced to the Demon God Body, he
completed the scan of the Mutated Demon Mother
Clam and turned into it.

He finally understood why the snake monster had

been unwilling to attack the Mutated Demon
Mother Clam. It was because it was like a demon’s
recycling station.

It could devour all forms of energy released by

demons and convert it into its own energy. Even the
power of the Terror grade would be absorbed when
it struck the Mutated Demon Mother Clam.
Of course, this power was only effective against
demons. Devouring the energy of other species
would instead cause adverse effects to the Mutated
Demon Mother Clam.

It was a Mythical creature with obvious strengths

and weaknesses. Almost no demon could harm it.
However, against creatures other than demons, its
combat strength wasn’t that strong.

This was a typical creature that specialized in

disciplining its own kind during any internal strife.

After Zhou Wen figured out the Mutated Demon

Mother Clam’s abilities, he was immediately
overjoyed. Without a doubt, the ice maiden was
also a demon. Her Terror-grade strength would only
be converted into energy and unable to harm Zhou
Wen who had transformed into the Mutated
Demon Mother Clam.
Zhou Wen’s Essence Energy couldn’t sustain the
Mythical creature transformation for long.
However, due to the Mutated Demon Mother
Clam’s ability to absorb energy and convert it for its
own usage, he could keep up the transformation for
a long period of time after absorbing the ice
maiden’s ice beam.

Zhou Wen had deliberately infuriated the ice

maiden because he wanted her to attack him so
that he could absorb her energy and keep the
Mutated Demon Mother Clam transformation for a
longer period of time.

It’s no wonder there’s only one Mutated Demon

Mother Clam in the spring. It’s probably a unique
Mythical creature, Zhou Wen thought.
The ice maiden clearly knew the Mutated Demon
Mother Clam’s ability as she looked at Zhou Wen in
surprise.

The ice maiden didn’t think much of Zhou Wen’s

ability to transform into low-level demons. There
were many demons who were good at
transforming.

However, Zhou Wen was at the Epic stage, yet he

could transform into a creature like the Mutated
Demon Mother Clam. Furthermore, he had the
same ability as the Mutated Demon Mother Clam.
This was unbelievable.

This was because most of the transformations only

changed one’s physique and couldn’t truly
transform into that creature.
Even if one could completely transform into
another creature, they could only go from a higher
level to a lower level.

For example, a Terror-grade demon who was good

at transforming could completely transform his
body into a Mythical creature, but it was very
difficult for him to turn into a Terror, much less a
higher-level Calamity.

This was because the level of energy available

ensured that it was impossible to go from a lower
lifeform to a higher lifeform.

However, this wasn’t absolute. Among the demons,

there was indeed an Essence Energy Art that could
turn living creatures from a lower lifeform to a
higher lifeform. It was the legendary Demon God
Catalog. Legend had it that it was the Essence
Energy Art progenitor of all demons.
Chapter 936: Ice Maiden’s Suggestion
The Demon God Catalog is a secret heritage of the
Demon Sovereign. Only the royal family has the
right to cultivate it. Furthermore, among the royal
family, there are very few talented demons who
have the chance of mastering the Demon God
Catalog. As a human, it’s unlikely that he has seen
the Demon God Catalog, much less master it...

The ice maiden was suspicious as she continuously

struck the Mutated Demon Mother Clam that Zhou
Wen had transformed into. However, the outcome
was the same. Her strength was completely
absorbed by the Mutated Demon Mother Clam.

It’s impossible for a human to master the Demon

God Catalog... But he’s only at the Epic stage. How
can he turn into the Mutated Demon Mother Clam
and have its complete abilities... The ice maiden
looked at Zhou Wen in surprise.

“From the looks of it, you can only leave an

unwelcome guest like me behind.” Zhou Wen had
absorbed a large number of ice beams and
accumulated terrifying energy in his body. He could
maintain his transformation for a long period of
time. As for the ice maiden, she was probably
helpless against him.

The ice maiden calmed down and asked Zhou Wen,

“Have you practiced the demons legacy catalog?”

“So what if I’ve practiced it?” Zhou Wen didn’t deny

it when he saw that the ice maiden could tell the
origins of his ability.
Upon hearing Zhou Wen admit it, the ice maiden
seemed to find it unbelievable. She asked, “You
really mastered the demons’ legacy catalog?”

“Didn’t you see it already?” Zhou Wen said.

The ice maiden looked at Zhou Wen with a strange

expression, momentarily at a loss.

That was the demon ancestors’ Essence Energy Art.

Only royalty had the right to take a look at it. It was
a cultivation technique that might be a problem to
master. Zhou Wen, a human, had actually mastered
the Demon God Catalog. If news of this were to
spread, it would probably shock the entire demon
race. Perhaps no demon would believe it.
Even the ice maiden couldn’t believe that Zhou Wen
had mastered the Demon God Catalog. However,
other than that Essence Energy Art, she couldn’t
think of any other Essence Energy Art that could
allow him to achieve such a transformation.

Previously, when the ice maiden heard Zhou Wen

talk about how a student could surpass the teacher,
she found it funny. But now, she didn’t feel like
laughing at all.

It was unbelievable that a pure human had

mastered the Demon God Catalog.

“Where did you obtain the Demon God Catalog?”

The ice maiden didn’t continue attacking. She even
exited her Terror form and asked Zhou Wen with a
strange expression.
“Does this have anything to do with you?” Zhou
Wen asked.

Although the ice maiden didn’t obtain an answer,

she had some guesses. He’s only an Epic human. He
can’t survive in the dimension, nor does he have the
chance to mix with the dimension’s demons. It’s
even more impossible for him to see the Demon
God Catalog that only the demons’ royalty has the
right to view. The only area he can come into
contact with is Earth. Could it be that the legend is
real?

Earth was in an ancient forbidden area. Even

experts as powerful as the Demon Sovereigns
couldn’t forcefully descend to Earth.

However, in the dimension, there was a legend that

said that the ancient sealed land was the birthplace
of the dimension. All dimensional creatures were
born in the ancient sealed land.

However, that was only a legend without any

evidence. Furthermore, powerful dimensional
creatures didn’t believe that mighty existences like
them would be born in such a low-level space.

Now, the ice maiden was beginning to suspect if the

legend was real. Otherwise, how could Zhou Wen, a
human from Earth, learn the Demon God Catalog?

Furthermore, if Earth wasn’t such a special place,

why would the various races of the dimension be so
concerned about Earth and constantly vie for
control?

However, the ice maiden thought about it again.

There had been several divine wars on Earth.
Perhaps the Demon Sovereign’s bloodline that
descended on Earth had brought the Demon God
Catalog to Earth.

Regardless of the possibility, it was an unbelievable

fact that Zhou Wen could master the Demon God
Catalog.

The ice maiden looked at Zhou Wen and suddenly

asked, “Are you interested in making a deal with
me?”

“Tell me about it.” Zhou Wen was somewhat

depressed. Although he could now avoid being
killed by the ice maiden, he would still be trapped
here if he couldn’t return to the volcanic region. He
still couldn’t return to Earth.

If the ice maiden still wanted the fox core and could
guarantee his return to Earth, Zhou Wen could only
give it up. Even if he had to face the wrath of the
Nine-Tailed Fox, it was better than being trapped
here.

However, to his surprise, the ice maiden didn’t

mention the core at all. “Give me the Demon God
Catalog. I can give you the Heaven Shrouding Bell
and take you to see the Emperor of Shang to help
you finish what you need to do.”

“You want the Demon God Catalog?” Zhou Wen

was somewhat surprised. He never expected the ice
maiden to make such a request.

“That’s right. As long as you give me the complete

Demon God Catalog, I can guarantee that you will
complete the mission. Furthermore, I can also send
you to the Dragon Gods,” said the ice maiden.

“How do I know if you will keep your promise?”

Zhou Wen constantly thought of various
possibilities. He felt that he really had a chance of
returning alive.

“I can help you finish everything first. When we are

near the Dragon Gods, I’ll exchange the Heaven
Shrouding Bell for your Demon God Catalog before
you leave,” said the ice maiden.

Zhou Wen felt that the ice maiden’s suggestion was

pretty good, but the problem was that he didn’t
want to go to the Dragon Gods. Furthermore, he
couldn’t produce the Demon God Catalog.

This was because the Demon God Catalog couldn’t

be imparted with words. It was a picture. One had
to look at the picture in order to comprehend the
Demon God Catalog. It was an Essence Energy Art
that could only be understood and not transmitted.
Even Zhou Wen, who had mastered the Demon God
Catalog, couldn’t tell others how to cultivate the
Essence Energy Art.

“All you need to do is give me an Essence Energy Art

to obtain the Heaven Shrouding Bell and return
unscathed. Aren’t you satisfied? Although you can
transform into the Mutated Demon Mother Clam,
you should know that the Demon Mother Clam’s
strength can only guarantee that you won’t be
killed by me. However, you have to know that as
long as I leave this place and return to the demons, I
can find a creature that isn’t a demon to kill you,”
the ice maiden added.

Zhou Wen sighed and said, “I also want to make a

deal with you. Unfortunately, an Essence Energy Art
like the Demon God Catalog can’t be taught with
words.”
The ice maiden became even more convinced when
she heard that. Zhou Wen had indeed mastered the
Demon God Catalog. She asked, “How did you
master it?”

“I saw a demonic beast catalog somewhere. This

Essence Energy Art was comprehended from the
demonic beast catalog. It can only be understood
and not transmitted. If you really want the Demon
God Catalog, you can only take a look at it yourself,”
Zhou Wen said.

“Where is the demonic beast catalog?” the ice

maiden asked.

“Earth,” Zhou Wen answered.

The ice maiden revealed a difficult expression when

she heard that. “Even the power of the Heaven
Shrouding Bell can only pass through the buffer
zone. It can’t enter Earth...”

“If you want to go, I have an idea,” Zhou Wen

hurriedly said.

Chapter 937: The True Dimension

“What solution do you have?” The ice maiden
stared at Zhou Wen in disbelief.

“Since I can come here, I naturally have a way to

return. Otherwise, what’s the point of coming here
to steal? However, this method is somewhat
difficult,” Zhou Wen said after some thought.

“As long as you can let me see the Demon God

Catalog, the Heaven Shrouding Bell will be yours,”
said the ice maiden.
“That’s not what I mean. As you know, teleporting
here is an extremely difficult task. I can teleport
back alone, but if I take you along, the energy
needed for the teleportation will probably be
insufficient. If there’s a teleportation deviation, we
won’t be able to survive,” Zhou Wen said with a
solemn expression.

“What are you trying to say?” The ice maiden could

naturally tell that Zhou Wen was up to something. If
he really couldn’t teleport to Earth, he wouldn’t
have said anything.

“If you really want to go, there’s a solution.

However, I’ll have to trouble you. I have a spatial
artifact. You can enter it first. That way, I can take
you to Earth,” Zhou Wen said after some thought.

“This trick of paying me back in my own coin is

pretty good,” the ice maiden said coldly.
Zhou Wen shrugged and said, “I don’t have such
thoughts. As a Terror-grade expert, would you be
trapped by a tool?”

The ice maiden looked at Zhou Wen without a

word. Clearly, she wouldn’t agree to such a
condition. Zhou Wen felt his hair stand on end from
her gaze. All he could do was continue, “Alright, I
still have a second solution, but it’s more difficult.”

“Tell me about it.” The ice maiden looked nasty.

“Can’t you dimensional creatures sign a contract

with humans? Sign a contract with me and you can
be my Guardian.” The contract Zhou Wen wanted
was naturally not a Guardian contract, but the
master-slave contract similar to the one Ya’er had
signed with Grim Demon.
The ice maiden curled her lips and said, “Those who
can contract are Guardians, not true races from the
dimension. Guardians are half pets and half
dimensional creatures, different from us.”

“Then I’m out of options,” Zhou Wen said as he

shrugged.

“Show me your spatial container.” Zhou Wen took

out the calabash containing the Dragon King Gu.
The Dragon King Gu had been kept in the calabash,
so it hadn’t been doing well recently.

Tai Sui treated it as food. When it was hungry, it

would eat some of the Dragon King Gu. Although
the Dragon King Gu had the ability to reproduce and
heal itself, it needed energy. There was no energy
supply in the calabash, so it relied on its own stores.
The Dragon King Gu appeared somewhat weak.
“This is it. There’s a dimensional creature inside.”
Zhou Wen handed the calabash to the ice maiden.

The ice maiden took the calabash and looked at it

before studying it for a while. She nodded and said,
“We shall use the first method. I’ll enter this
calabash. Take me to Earth to see the Demon God
Catalog. When the time comes, the Heaven
Shrouding Bell will be your reward.”

“Alright, but before that, we have to return to the

volcanic area. The spatial coordinates set by the
Nine-Tailed Fox with me are there. Only by using
those spatial coordinates as a marker can I contact
her to open the spatial teleportation tunnel,” Zhou
Wen said.

“No problem. I can take you there now,” the ice

maiden said.
“You previously said that you can take me to see
Emperor of Shang?” Zhou Wen thought of the Nine-
Tailed Fox. If possible, he should help her pass the
message to prevent himself from returning with
nothing to say.

“Sure, but are you sure you want to go?” the ice
maiden asked with a faint smile.

“Is there anything wrong?” Zhou Wen asked.

“There’s nothing wrong with it. However, the place

where Emperor of Shang resides is the true
dimension world. The environment there isn’t as
comfortable as here. Epic creatures would probably
find it difficult to survive there,” the ice maiden
said.
“I can transform into a Mythical creature. It
shouldn’t be a problem, right?” Zhou Wen said after
some thought.

“Sure.” The ice maiden nodded slightly.

“How long will it take to get to Emperor of Shang?”

Zhou Wen was afraid that he would take too long
and miss the time needed to return. There wasn’t
much time left until the 36-hour deadline.

“It’s not difficult to go where Emperor of Shang is.

With the Heaven Shrouding Bell’s help, if your body
can withstand the environment of the dimension,
you can return in an hour,” the ice maiden said
after some thought.

“Then let’s go. If I don’t settle this matter, I won’t

be able to explain why to the Nine-Tailed Fox when
I return.” Zhou Wen actually wanted to meet the
legendary tyrant.

After all, this tyrant’s reputation was too illustrious

in the history of the East District. It wouldn’t be an
exaggeration to call him the number one tyrant
throughout history.

If such a tyrant really existed, Zhou Wen wanted to

see with his own eyes what he looked like.

“Alright, it’s best you prepare ahead of time. When

you reach the dimension, the environment will have
a very strong effect on your body,” the ice maiden
reminded.

“I’ll head over in the form of the Mutated Demon

Mother Clam,” Zhou Wen said.
“Alright.” The ice maiden didn’t say anything else as
she turned into her Terror form again. Then, she
walked towards the Heaven Shrouding Bell and
picked it up before shaking it thrice.

The ice castle trembled violently. It was much more

intense than the previous two times. Zhou Wen
could clearly sense the energy of spatial
teleportation. Unfortunately, the New Era Life Soul
had already advanced to a Perfect Body, so it
couldn’t continue advancing.

Zhou Wen floated in the air as a Mutated Demon

Mother Clam, waiting for the moment he would be
teleported to the dimension.

When the ice castle stopped shaking, Zhou Wen

suddenly felt a terrifying force coming from his
body. His body seemed to be attracted by a
powerful magnet as he fell from the sky.
Clang!

Zhou Wen slammed heavily into the icy ground as

though there was a mountain pressing down on
him. No matter how much strength he exerted, his
Mutated Demon Mother Clam body remained
motionless.

At the same time, he felt his mind tremble. His soul

seemed to be oppressed by some unknown force,
making him feel extremely uneasy. It was as though
a terrifying existence existed in every corner of this
world.

“How did this happen? Why can’t I move?” Zhou

Wen asked the ice maiden.
The ice maiden looked at him with a faint smile and
said, “I’ve already told you. The Mythical creatures
that you humans think of are only the lowest level
existences in the dimension. Although the Mutated
Demon Mother Clam is special, it’s only a Mythical
creature. On Earth, it’s a god-like existence, but in
the dimension, it’s a scallop. Have you seen a
scallop that can walk?”

Zhou Wen was immediately rendered speechless.

The ice maiden clearly knew of the outcome and
had deliberately wanted to see him make a fool of
himself.

“It’s about five kilometers from here to where

Emperor of Shang lives. Are you sure you still want
to go?” The ice maiden mocked Zhou Wen.
“Of course. Why not?” Zhou Wen gritted his teeth
and canceled the Demon Mother Clam
transformation.

In an instant, Zhou Wen felt as though his body was

a watermelon that was about to explode. His organs
were about to burst.

Before his body exploded, Zhou Wen used the

Mythical Demon Dragon True Body and
transformed into a humanoid Demon Dragon. At
the same time, he got Doctor Darkness to possess
him and augment him with strength. Finally, he
managed to withstand the terrifying pressure.

Zhou Wen wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.

For that instant, he really believed that his body was
about to explode.
Chapter 938: Emperor of Shang’s Place
Translator: CKtalon
Now, Zhou Wen felt extremely uncomfortable. Not
only was he under immense pressure, but he also
felt dizzy as his heart raced.

Under the protection of the Dragon Scale Armor, his

Demon Dragon True Body still felt his skin flush with
blood. It was almost about to split the scales open.

What made Zhou Wen even more uncomfortable

was that everything he saw was a mysterious,
dazzling light. It was as though he was looking
through a kaleidoscope. He couldn’t even see the
ice castle and the ice maiden in front of him, nor
could he hear their voices. His senses couldn’t be
used normally. Only two of his senses remained
effective.

Zhou Wen opened his mouth and realized that he

couldn’t even speak or make a sound.
Zhou Wen felt as though he had fallen into a space
of despair. The feeling nearly made him break
down.

Could it be that the ice maiden wants to harm me?

Zhou Wen was alarmed.

He hurriedly summoned Truth Listener. The ability

Truth Listener gave him immediately restored his
hearing, and the appearance of the ice castle and
the ice maiden appeared in his mind again.

The ice castle and ice maiden remained the same. In

Truth Listener’s hearing, everything was normal.
However, when he used his senses to listen, he
couldn’t see or hear anything. He didn’t even have a
sense of touch.
Zhou Wen helplessly closed his eyes. As he couldn’t
make a sound, he could only use his fingers to write
in midair. “Why is this happening?”

“It’s impressive that you are able to maintain a

portion of your bodily functions. This is the
dimension, a space of a far higher level than Earth’s.
Here, if your order in life isn’t up to standard, you
won’t be able to see the existence of this world.”
The ice maiden was somewhat surprised that Zhou
Wen could still write with his body.

“I’ve been to the dimension before, but I didn’t feel

this way,” Zhou Wen wrote again. He felt
suspicious. He hadn’t felt this the last time he went
to get the divine fruit.

“Then you definitely didn’t go to the real

dimension,” the ice maiden said with certainty.
“It was definitely the dimension. I went to the
divine tree which Teacher was guarding to pluck the
divine fruit. Wasn’t that the dimension?” Zhou Wen
wrote.

The ice maiden looked at Zhou Wen in surprise and

said, “So the human who took the divine fruit is
you. It’s no wonder an Epic like you could pick up
the Heaven Shrouding Bell without being killed.
From the looks of it, you are telling the truth. You
are indeed Wang Mingyuan’s beloved disciple.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have suffered the pain of
lightning smiting just to let you go. Although it was
the dimension, the environment wasn’t that bad
with the divine tree around. You have never
experienced the real world of the dimension.”

“What lightning smiting?” Zhou Wen was slightly

taken aback as he hurriedly wrote.
“Don’t you know?” The ice maiden thought for a
moment and continued, “That’s right. You left after
taking the divine fruit, so you naturally don’t know
what happened after that. The divine fruit can be
taken away, but the human who obtains it has to
sign a contract to become the spokesperson of the
dimension in the human world. Wang Mingyuan
didn’t let you sign the contract before letting you
return to Earth. Naturally, you have to be punished.
The pain of the lightning smiting isn’t something
anyone can endure. Even the closest relatives of the
dimension’s species might not be willing to suffer in
place of others. Yet, he endured so long for you. It’s
not overboard to say that you are his most beloved
disciple.”

Zhou Wen didn’t know what to feel as he

immediately wrote again. “Teacher actually
suffered so much for me. Can you take me to him?”
“It’s useless even if you go now. He’s already the
supreme Dragon King. Even the Dragon King who
punished him has been defeated. Who else dares to
punish him? Don’t worry. He’s very well now. You
have no idea how respected is,” the ice maiden
said.

Zhou Wen felt a little more at ease, but he didn’t

know how to repay Wang Mingyuan’s kindness.

“Are you going to see Emperor of Shang or Wang

Mingyuan?” the ice maiden asked.

“Emperor of Shang,” Zhou Wen said through gritted

teeth.

Even if he went to see Wang Mingyuan now, he

didn’t have the ability to return the favor. Instead,
he might cause trouble. Therefore, Zhou Wen
decided not to meet Wang Mingyuan.
“If you can withstand the burden, follow me.” The
ice maiden smiled as she walked out of the ice
castle.

However, Zhou Wen felt as though every step he

took was a fight against the world. It was extremely
strenuous. Before he walked out of the ice castle,
he felt his eyes blur and ears ring. His legs were so
weak that he could barely stand.

“If you walk like this, it will probably take you days
to reach the destination,” the ice maiden said to
Zhou Wen as she stood at the entrance of the ice
castle.

Zhou Wen knew that the ice maiden was waiting for
him to beg her. When the time came, she would
definitely raise more conditions.
Zhou Wen gritted his teeth and wanted to summon
Tyrant Behemoth, but after taking a look, he
realized that Tyrant Behemoth had been injured by
the snake monster. Its injuries hadn’t healed yet, so
it probably couldn’t withstand the dimensional
forces.

After some thought, Zhou Wen summoned Torch

Dragon Youngling. He wanted to see if Torch
Dragon Youngling could withstand the dimensional
forces and use it as a mount to take him to Emperor
of Shang.

After Torch Dragon Youngling appeared, although

its situation was slightly better than Zhou Wen’s, its
actions were greatly restricted. It looked like its
actions were very slow, completely lacking its usual
speed.
“Torch Dragon?” The ice maiden looked at Torch
Dragon Youngling in surprise. Clearly, she
recognized Torch Dragon.

Furthermore, Torch Dragon was different from

ordinary dimensional creatures. It was an existence
with the potential to advance to the Calamity grade.
Such dimensional creatures were very rare in the
dimension. She never expected Zhou Wen to have a
Torch Dragon Companion Beast.

Could it be that Earth is really the birthplace of the

dimension? Otherwise, how could there be a
dimensional creature like Torch Dragon? The ice
maiden was alarmed.

Zhou Wen got Torch Dragon to use World King

Transformation. Under the state of World King
Transformation, Torch Dragon immediately could
move easily. Under the state of World King
Transformation, as long as it didn’t use the Bright
Torch Vision World, it could still maintain its state
for a period of time.

Zhou Wen rode on Torch Dragon’s back and said to

the ice maiden, “Let’s go. I don’t have much time.”

The ice maiden nodded and led the way. Her

footsteps were brisk. As for Torch Dragon, it could
only barely follow behind after using all its strength.

After leaving the ice castle, Zhou Wen saw a stone

staircase, but he couldn’t hear what was outside. It
was as though he was enveloped by boundless fog.

As he followed the ice maiden through the fog,

Zhou Wen could occasionally hear terrifying sounds
coming from the fog. They were very strange and
he couldn’t tell what they were from.
Here, Zhou Wen couldn’t sense the passage of time.
He couldn’t estimate how long he had walked.
When the ice maiden stopped, a strange building
appeared at the end of the stone steps.

“Emperor of Shang is inside. Go in yourself. He

probably doesn’t wish to see demons, so I won’t be
entering,” the ice maiden said as she pointed at the
strange building in front of them.

Chapter 939: Good Things Are Inbound For You

The building was indeed odd. It looked like a stone
temple. The door to the stone temple was open, so
it wasn’t appropriate for Zhou Wen to ride Torch
Dragon in. When he arrived at the door, he
summoned Torch Dragon again and walked into the
stone temple step by step.
What kind of person is Emperor of Shang? Zhou
Wen was extremely curious. Due to his excessive
curiosity, his fatigue decreased significantly.

Due to Truth Listener’s ability, the range it could

hear was very limited. Only when Zhou Wen walked
into the stone temple did he roughly understand
the situation inside.

What’s going on? Zhou Wen looked at the scene

inside the ancient temple in disbelief.

There were many strange things placed in the stone

temple. Zhou Wen didn’t know what most of them
were for, but he recognized the red words of ‘joy’
often found at weddings.

Furthermore, on the pillars on both sides of the

stone temple, there were words written about a
‘match made in heaven’ and ‘a happy ending.’ The
layout of the entire ancient temple was completely
different from what Zhou Wen had imagined.

If he didn’t know that Emperor of Shang was inside,

Zhou Wen would have imagined that this was the
ancient version of an Elder Moon Temple.

“May I know if the Imperial Lord is here? I was

entrusted by an old friend in Deer Terrace Pavilion
to bring a message.” After Zhou Wen entered the
stone temple, he realized that his senses had
recovered significantly. He could see and make
sounds.

Zhou Wen didn’t dare mention the Nine-Tailed

Fox’s name, so he could only say that it was an old
friend.

“Come in.” A voice sounded from the hall.

Zhou Wen felt that the voice was very deep and
masculine, so he walked into the hall.

He didn’t know what was so special about the stone

temple. Even walking felt much easier. After
walking into the hall, he saw a man sitting on a
stone platform.

Typically, that was a spot meant to consecrate

deities, but there were no statues there. There was
only one person, and he was a real human.

Is this the famous tyrant? Has he really lived to this

day? Zhou Wen looked at the man on the stone
platform in disbelief.

The man was completely different from the King

Zhou of Shang that Zhou Wen had imagined. He
didn’t have a tall, stocky figure, nor did he have a
domineering aura. He looked like a very quiet man.
He was handsome and didn’t have a thin figure. He
was slender and muscular, giving him a refined
aura.

If he met this person outside, Zhou Wen believed

that he was a young and promising professor. He
definitely wouldn’t believe that he was a tyrant.

Emperor of Shang sat on the stone platform in a

very comfortable posture. One of his hands rested
on his knee while the other held a flask of alcohol.
He drank without looking at Zhou Wen and said
casually, “What message did she get you to bring?”

“Sorry, I need to confirm that you are Emperor of

Shang,” Zhou Wen asked.
Emperor of Shang looked up at him. “Since you are
able to come here, don’t you know that I’m the only
prisoner here?”

“She told me to pass you the message: think not.”

Zhou Wen hurriedly conveyed the Nine-Tailed Fox’s
words to the Emperor of Shang.

“Think not... Think not... ‘Think not’ indeed...”

Emperor of Shang suddenly laughed loudly, looking
extremely carefree.

After Emperor of Shang finished laughing, Zhou

Wen said, “The message has been delivered. It’s
time for me to bid you farewell to report to her.”

“Wait.” Emperor of Shang stopped Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen stopped in puzzlement and looked at
him. Emperor of Shang extended his hand and
threw something at Zhou Wen. “This is my reward
for you. Help me pass a message to her as well.”

“Imperial Lord, please speak.” Zhou Wen saw that

the item that the Emperor of Shang had thrown at
him was a palm-sized stone tablet. The stone tablet
had the red word “joy” engraved on it. Apart from
that, there was nothing else. He didn’t know what it
was for.

“Wait,” the Emperor of Shang said.

“What?” Zhou Wen was momentarily taken aback.

“Wait,” the Emperor of Shang repeated.

Only then did Zhou Wen react. He looked at
Emperor of Shang and asked, “You want me to pass
her the word: wait? Actually, you can say more.”

“There’s no need. Go back. Your human body

shouldn’t stay in the dimension for too long,”
Emperor of Shang said indifferently.

Zhou Wen had no choice but to leave, feeling

extremely puzzled.

Emperor of Shang was completely different from

what he had imagined. Furthermore, the place he
resided was somewhat different from what Zhou
Wen had imagined.

If Emperor of Shang was a prisoner, the place that

imprisoned him was like child’s play. There wasn’t
even a guard. It looked like he was alone, and he
didn’t see anything that restrained him.
Furthermore, an ordinary human like him could
enter and leave as he pleased. It didn’t seem like a
prison.

“Is everything done?” the ice maiden asked when

she saw Zhou Wen come out.

“It’s done.” Zhou Wen wanted to say something,

but after leaving the stone temple, he returned to
his previous state. He couldn’t make a sound and
could only write.

“What did he say?” the ice maiden asked again.

“He didn’t say anything. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have

come out so quickly.” Zhou Wen didn’t wish to tell
the ice maiden about the message Emperor of
Shang wanted him to pass.
The ice maiden curled her lips and said, “You don’t
have to be nervous. I’m not trying to pry into his
secrets. In fact, he doesn’t have any secrets.”

“Then let’s go. We have to hurry back. We don’t

have much time left.” As Zhou Wen spoke, he
summoned Torch Dragon again. Just as he was
about to put away the stone tablet and leave, the
ice maiden grabbed his hand.

“What’s this?” The ice maiden pulled up Zhou

Wen’s hand that was holding the stone tablet and
stared intently at it.

“A stone tablet. What else can it be?” Zhou Wen

was somewhat surprised, unsure why the ice
maiden had such a huge reaction.
“Did Emperor of Shang give it to you?” The ice
maiden’s gaze remained fixed on the stone tablet.

“Yes, do you know what this is?” Zhou Wen thought

to himself. From the looks of it, the stone tablet
that Emperor of Shang gave me seems to be
something good. Don’t tell me that the ice maiden
wants to snatch it from me?

As Zhou Wen thought about it, the ice maiden

released her hand and looked at him with an odd
expression. “Of course I know. I’m afraid everyone
in the dimension knows.”

“Oh, so this stone tablet has a great background.

What’s its use?” Zhou Wen hurriedly asked.

The ice maiden suddenly smiled and said, “Why

should I tell you? It’s fine if you want to know, but
that depends on whether you pay the price.”
“Forget it.” Zhou Wen put away the stone tablet
and rode Torch Dragon.

Since many people in the dimension knew about it,

there was no need for him to ask the ice maiden. He
could just ask The Thearch when he returned.

Thinking nothing of it, the ice maiden said without

head or tail, “Good things are inbound for you.” She
led the way and took Zhou Wen back to the ice
castle.

Zhou Wen kept thinking about what the ice maiden

meant by “good things are inbound for you,” but he
couldn’t figure it out.

Chapter 940: Imprisoning the Ice Maiden

After returning to the ice castle, the ice maiden
once again used the Heaven Shrouding Bell.
However, after using it, she appeared extremely
weak. It looked like she had expended a lot of
energy.

Even a Terror-grade expert pays such a heavy cost

to use the Heaven Shrouding Bell. I wonder if the
Heaven Shrouding Bell is the bell The Thearch
wants. Zhou Wen was now certain that he hadn’t
successfully teleported to the place The Thearch
wanted him to go, but the Heaven Shrouding Bell
was almost identical to the bell The Thearch had
described. It could be the same bell.

The ice castle came to the volcanic area again. The

ice maiden shrank the ice castle to the size of a ring
and put it away.

Zhou Wen led the ice maiden to a volcano and said,

“This is it. Enter the calabash.”
The ice maiden frowned and said, “It won’t be too
late for me to enter after you open the spatial
passageway.”

“Although I’m not very smart, I’m not stupid. You

could enter the spatial passageway directly once I
open it. You would then be leaving me alone behind
to await death, so no can do,” Zhou Wen said with a
firm shake of his head.

The ice maiden thought for a moment and said,

“Alright, give me the calabash.”

The ice maiden was confident that she wouldn’t be

trapped by the calabash, so she didn’t insist.

Zhou Wen handed the calabash to the ice maiden,

who entered it.
“Alright, I’m about to open a spatial passageway.
Wait a moment, and we will be teleporting to
Earth,” Zhou Wen said as he picked up the calabash
and stuffed it into the Chaos Bead.

The calabash might be broken, but the Chaos Bead

was a legendary treasure of a mighty god. The ice
maiden probably couldn’t break out of the Chaos
Bead so easily.

The ice maiden clearly hadn’t discovered that she

had been sent into a special space. Zhou Wen didn’t
explain it either. It wouldn’t be too late to release
her when she couldn’t wait any longer.

Of course, Zhou Wen’s release meant releasing her

from the calabash. Her person would still be in the
chaos space to prevent her from destroying the
calabash.
Zhou Wen didn’t know if it was 36 hours yet, so he
didn’t dare delay any further. He headed straight
for the volcanic pool.

How could he open a spatial passageway? The

bronze tripod’s spatial passageway had always been
open. It was open for only 36 hours.

Thankfully, when Zhou Wen returned to the blue

liquid volcano, the spatial passageway in the pool
was still open. Zhou Wen didn’t hesitate to enter.
He was still somewhat uneasy. If another
teleportation malfunction happened, he didn’t
know if he could safely return to Deer Terrace
Pavilion.

After a long teleportation, Zhou Wen saw that he

had returned to the bronze tripod cauldron. The
Nine-Tailed Fox was staring at him and he was
delighted.
“Did you pass the message I entrusted you?” the
Nine-Tailed Fox asked Zhou Wen.

“Although there were some twists and turns, I

finally met the Emperor of Shang. I passed him your
message,” Zhou Wen said as he returned the pearl
to the Nine-Tailed Fox.

“Did he say anything?” the Nine-Tailed Fox asked

hesitantly.

“He also got me to pass a message to you, but

there’s only one word: wait.” Zhou Wen conveyed
the Emperor of Shang’s words to the Nine-Tailed
Fox.

The Nine-Tailed Fox was slightly taken aback when

it heard that. A complicated human expression
appeared on its face. After a long while, it opened
its mouth and sucked the pearl in Zhou Wen’s hand
back.

“Leave.” The Nine-Tailed Fox had no intention of

killing Zhou Wen. It didn’t even suspect the
authenticity of Zhou Wen’s message.

Perhaps she had some doubts previously, but after

hearing this word, she no longer doubted it. This
was because there were some things that only the
person in question could say. Others couldn’t
imitate it.

The simple word ‘wait’ made the Nine-Tailed Fox

understand many things.

Zhou Wen didn’t dare stay any longer. There were

too many horrors in Chess Mountain. Apart from
the Nine-Tailed Fox, there were definitely other
Terror-grade existences. Zhou Wen suspected that
the four demon general statues he had seen were
Terror-grade experts that had been sealed.

After leaving, Zhou Wen hurriedly walked out of

Deer Terrace Pavilion.

“What are you doing? Have we not reached Earth?”

The ice maiden in the calabash couldn’t sense the
situation outside, but too much time had passed.
She was already suspicious even before Zhou Wen
left Deer Terrace Pavilion.

“We’re here. You can come out.” Zhou Wen opened

the calabash’s mouth.

However, the ice maiden remained somewhat

suspicious. This was because she was a Terror-grade
dimensional creature. She would be restricted if she
descended to Earth. It was impossible for her to
maintain her original Terror grade.

However, she didn’t feel any restrictions on her

body, so she didn’t believe that she had already
arrived on Earth.

Since Zhou Wen hadn’t imprisoned her, she

naturally didn’t need to destroy the calabash to drill
out of it.

Just as the ice maiden came out of the calabash, she

realized that the calabash beside her had vanished.
As for her, she was in a void of chaos. There was an
endless chaos space around her. There was no sign
of Zhou Wen, nor could she see Earth. This
immediately made the ice maiden realize that
something was amiss.
“What did you do?” The ice maiden had already
transformed into her Terror form. She shot out a
terrifying ice beam, hoping to see where this space
was.

Her terrifying ice beam shot out without any

obstruction, but it failed to reach the end. It was as
though the void’s chaos space was infinite, making
the ice maiden’s expression turn nasty.

“This is Earth. We’ve already arrived on Earth.

However, to prevent you from being injured by
Earth’s powers, I’ve temporarily found a place for
you to stay. Feel at ease and rest here for the time
being,” Zhou Wen said.

“Do you know what you are doing? Do you know

what will happen to you if I get out?” the ice
maiden said with a cold expression.
Zhou Wen wasn’t angry as he continued, “I’ve been
so good to you and even arranged such a nice place
for you to stay. Shouldn’t you pay some rent? I
think you should just hand the Heaven Shrouding
Bell to me as rent.”

“You’re dead.” The ice maiden’s expression was

cold as she summoned the ice castle.

The ice castle constantly expanded in the chaos

space, returning to its original size. The ice maiden
then walked into the ice castle and picked up the
Heaven Shrouding Bell.

Zhou Wen wasn’t too nervous. Even if she could

really come out of the chaos space, she and the
Heaven Shrouding Bell had already arrived at Chess
Mountain. Zhou Wen could explain to The Thearch,
so she could deal with her herself.
The ice maiden shook the Heaven Shrouding Bell,
hoping to teleport out of the mysterious chaos
space. However, after shaking it a few times, she
realized that the ice castle remained in the chaos
space and couldn’t be teleported out. This
immediately left the ice maiden alarmed and
furious.

She didn’t know what Zhou Wen’s space was. Even

the Heaven Shrouding Bell couldn’t break out. Now,
she was really trapped inside.

Zhou Wen was delighted when he saw that she

couldn’t come out. He continued, “Think about it.
Give me the Heaven Shrouding Bell first. If I’m in a
good mood, I can consider letting you out.”

“In your dreams.” The ice maiden was filled with

hatred. She never expected to ultimately fall into
Zhou Wen’s hands.
Chapter 941: Fruit Ripens
“Where’s the bell?” Zhou Wen wanted to say
something to the ice maiden when he suddenly
heard The Thearch’s voice in his mind.

“The Thearch, something wrong happened during

the teleportation. I didn’t find the tower you
mentioned,” Zhou Wen answered.

“Impossible. The bronze tripod can only teleport to

one place. You must have been able to see that
tower.” Although The Thearch said so, she seemed
to be holding back.

She didn’t see Doctor Darkness holding the bell, and

the bell could only be held by experts at or above
the Terror grade. Ordinary storage spaces couldn’t
store the bell.
“I’m telling the truth.” Zhou Wen immediately
recounted his experience.

When The Thearch heard his description of the

volcanic region, she believed him a little. This was
because it was very difficult to enter that area from
Earth or the dimension. If Zhou Wen had only heard
of the existence of such a place, it was impossible
for him to describe it in such detail.

Strange, how did he teleport there? In the cave, The

Thearch muttered to herself. She already believed
that Zhou Wen hadn’t obtained the bell.

The place she wanted Zhou Wen to go was in a

dimensional space. And with Zhou Wen in that
volcanic area, it was impossible for him to enter
another dimension, so it was naturally impossible
for him to find the tower to obtain the bell.
“That’s not right. If you hadn’t entered the
dimension, how could you have helped the Nine-
Tailed Fox pass her message to the Emperor of
Shang?” The Thearch suddenly realized something.

When Zhou Wen heard The Thearch’s words, he

knew that nothing in Chess Mountain could hide
from her. Thankfully, he only needed to use his
mind to converse with the ice maiden in the chaos
space. He likely hadn’t been discovered by The
Thearch. All he could do was continue, “I’m not
done. After I arrived at the volcanic area, I saw a
huge mountain peak. It was like a heavenly pillar
that pierced into the sky. I thought the tower you
mentioned was atop that, so I ascended it. To my
surprise, I didn’t see the tower, but I saw an ice
castle...”

Zhou Wen fabricated some changes filled with half-

truths. He didn’t mention the Heaven Shrouding
Bell or the ice maiden that he had abducted and
brought to Earth.

What you want is the bell in the tower. The one I

have isn’t the bell in the tower. It’s naturally not
what you want, Zhou Wen thought. He planned on
getting the Heaven Shrouding Bell from the ice
maiden and monopolizing it for himself.

Seeing how detailed Zhou Wen was, The Thearch

knew that something had gone wrong with Zhou
Wen’s teleportation. It was already lucky for him to
return alive.

“I never expected such a teleportation mistake to

happen to the bronze tripod. How strange. Did you
do anything during the teleportation?” The Thearch
asked in thought.
“What could I do? I was just waiting for the
teleportation,” Zhou Wen said.

The Thearch thought for a moment and felt that

Zhou Wen’s strength wasn’t capable of affecting the
spatial teleportation. Furthermore, he wasn’t a fool.
Why would he deliberately make a mess of the
teleportation coordinates?

Unable to figure it out, The Thearch didn’t say

anything else. She waited until Zhou Wen walked to
the flower outside Chess Mountain before saying,
“Swear to the flower that you didn’t obtain the
bell.”

Although The Thearch didn’t think there was

anything wrong with what Zhou Wen had said, she
didn’t trust him.
Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen raised his hand
and swore at the flower on the mountain wall. “I
swear that I didn’t see the tower or obtain a bell
from the tower. If there’s any falsehood, I’ll be
condemned by my conscience for life.”

Boom!

A clap of thunder sounded out of thin air. It looked

like the power of the oath had taken effect, but
Zhou Wen was safe and sound. Only then did The
Thearch believe him.

“The Thearch, if there’s nothing else, I’ll head back

now.” Zhou Wen bade farewell and left Chess
Mountain to return to school.

Although The Thearch felt that something was

amiss, she couldn’t figure out what it was.
After Zhou Wen left Chess Mountain, he finally
heaved a sigh of relief. Although this trip to the
dimension was extremely dangerous, it wasn’t
without harvests. At the very least, now that the ice
maiden was in his hands, he would be able to
obtain the Heaven Shrouding Bell sooner or later.

To Zhou Wen’s surprise, the ice maiden seemed to

be completely unaffected by Earth in the chaos
space. The taboo power restriction she mentioned
didn’t appear.

The ice maiden remained cooped up in the ice

castle. It looked like she was thinking of a solution,
but with the Heaven Shrouding Bell useless, the
chances of her escaping were almost zero, so Zhou
Wen wasn’t too worried.
Before he arrived on campus, Zhou Wen received a
lot of messages from his phone. Some were from Li
Xuan, Wang Lu, and even Zhang Yuzhi.

Zhou Wen replied to some messages and also

learned of recent events.

The most important thing was that another

Guardian had appeared on the rankings. Zhou Wen
wasn’t surprised by a Guardian’s appearance. What
surprised him was that the Guardian on the
rankings was named Burial Immortal.

Is Senior Jiang Yan finally taking action? Zhou Wen

thought to himself.

However, Burial Immortal was only ranked third. He

didn’t challenge the two Guardians ahead of him.
Up to now, there hadn’t been any battles between
Guardians.
However, Zhou Wen knew very well that a war
between Guardians was inevitable. They would fight
sooner or later.

Recently, Zhou Wen had also figured out some

things. The Guardians were sent by the dimensional
races to vie for control of Earth, so they likely
wouldn’t want to destroy Earth wantonly. There
was a high chance that their battle would be carried
out inside the cube.

Zhou Wen even felt that this cube ranking battle

was actually prepared for Guardians, not just meant
to rank pets.

Unfortunately, I haven’t advanced to the Mythical

stage, so I can’t participate in the battle. If I want to
kill those Guardians, I have to find them in reality,
Zhou Wen thought.
“You’re back?” A message came over. It was from
Ya’er. Ya’er had probably seen his account come
online and knew that Zhou Wen had returned.

Zhou Wen hurriedly replied: “I just came back. I

haven’t reached the city yet. I’ll pick you up now.”

“Waiting for you.” Ya’er replied.

Zhou Wen had no choice but to first head to the An

family to fetch Ya’er.

As he walked, the mysterious phone suddenly

vibrated. Zhou Wen was alarmed as he imagined
that a new dimensional zone had appeared in the
city. When he took it out, he realized that the fruit
on the Dead Man Tree had ripened.
Xia Jiuhuang’s fruit has finally ripened. Zhou Wen
was still looking forward to Xia Jiuhuang’s fruit.

After all, Xia Jiuhuang had already advanced to the

Mythical stage back then. Furthermore, he had
fused nine Life Providences and nine Life Souls. This
was something ordinary humans didn’t possess.

Xia Jiuhuang still had all sorts of strange Essence

Energy Skills. If all of this could be inherited by the
Companion Beast, the Companion Beast’s abilities
would definitely be extremely powerful.

Most importantly, the Companion Beasts born on

the Dead Man Tree were unique. Zhou Wen felt
that it wouldn’t disappoint him, so he looked at the
fruit on the Dead Man Tree.

The fruit was unique, like a graphite fruit.

Zhou Wen plucked the fruit and immediately
checked its stats.

Evil Spirit King: Mortal (Evolvable)

Strength: 11

Speed: 11

Constitution: 11

Essence Energy: 11

Talent Skill: Spirit Devouring

Companion Form: Soul

It’s the same soul state as Doctor Darkness. In other
words, it can attach itself to me, strengthen my
stats, and let me use its abilities. Unfortunately, it’s
at the Mortal stage. Although it can evolve, it still
needs some time to advance to the Mythical stage.
Zhou Wen studied his only skill, Spirit Devouring,
and realized that it wasn’t very practical, but it was
a skill that was almost like a bug in computer
games.

Spirit Devouring could only be used on creatures of

the same level. Furthermore, the success rate
wasn’t high. It might not succeed once in ten
attempts. Even if one didn’t skip levels, there was a
chance of a backlash from creatures of the same
level.

When used on creatures higher than one’s level, it

was basically a 100% failure rate.
However, the functionality of Spirit Devouring was
extremely terrifying. It was like a bug.

When used on any creature, there was a certain

chance of obtaining one of their skills. In other
words, having the Spirit Devouring Skill was
equivalent to having infinite skills. If one wanted a
particular skill, they just needed to devour a
particular dimensional creature.

If it advanced to the Mythical stage and combined

with all sorts of impressive skills, it would be
amazingly powerful.

I wonder what its Life Providence, Life Soul, and

Wheel of Destiny are. Can they also be increased
through devouring? Zhou Wen felt that it was
unlikely. If that was the case, it would be fantastic.
Zhou Wen eagerly hatched the Evil Spirit King and
saw a black puppet wearing a white mask appear in
front of him.

His black clothes were like a devil’s gown. The mask

on his face was smooth white, as though it was
carved from bones. It looked very strange.

Zhou Wen attempted to feed it with Companion

Eggs. The Evil Spirit King directly used the Devouring
Skill. The palm wrapped in the black glove grabbed
the Legendary Companion Egg and sucked it dry.

Bam!

The Evil Spirit King’s body exploded. Its body was

too weak, so it couldn’t receive the energy in an
Legendary Companion Egg.
Thankfully, it’s in-game. If it was outside the game,
this fellow would already be dead. From the looks
of it, I can only use Mortal Companion Eggs to feed
the Evil Spirit King. When he advances to the
Legendary stage, I can use Legendary Companion
Eggs to raise him. Zhou Wen couldn’t help but feel a
headache when he thought of this.

It wasn’t difficult to obtain Legendary and Epic

Companion Eggs, but Mortal Companion Eggs were
really difficult to find. The chances of a Mortal
Companion Egg dropping were too low. If one were
to buy them in real life, they needed to pay a high
price and it wasn’t easy to obtain them.

I hope he doesn’t need too many Companion Eggs

to advance to the Legendary stage. Zhou Wen didn’t
continue feeding the Evil Spirit King because he
didn’t have any Mortal Companion Eggs. He could
only farm for them in the future or spend money to
buy them.
After arriving at the An family residence, An Tianzuo
and An Sheng weren’t around. When Zhou Wen saw
Ouyang Lan and Ya’er, he almost didn’t recognize
Ya’er.

She was wearing a pink princess dress with a huge

pink butterfly hair clip. She was hugging a Barbie
doll in her arms as she sat on the sofa
expressionlessly.

“How is it? She’s very cute, right? I spent a lot of

effort to dress her up so beautifully. Don’t say that
she’s not pretty,” Ouyang Lan said smugly.

“Can I take her back?” Although Zhou Wen didn’t

find it ugly, it was somewhat different from Ya’er’s
usual style.
Furthermore, Zhou Wen seemed to know why Ya’er
had sent a message when she saw him online.

“What’s the rush? Let Ya’er stay here for a few

more days. I still plan on taking her to the
amusement park,” Ouyang Lan said.

Without waiting for Zhou Wen to speak, Ya’er had

already stood up from the sofa and walked to Zhou
Wen’s side. Clearly, she planned on returning with
him.

“Perhaps another time,” Zhou Wen said.

When Ouyang Lan saw that Ya’er wanted to leave,

she didn’t force her to stay. However, she got
someone to move out all the things she had bought
for Ya’er. She instructed the driver to drive Ya’er to
Zhou Wen’s dorm.
Zhou Wen didn’t know what the bags were. Since
they were for Ya’er, he didn’t say anything.

After returning to her dorm, Ya’er changed into her

usual clothes.

“Did you suffer at the An family?” Zhou Wen asked

Ya’er.

Ya’er shook her head and said, “No, Sister Lan

treated me very well.”

“That’s good.” Zhou Wen heaved a sigh of relief.

However, when he heard Ya’er call Ouyang Lan Sis
Lan, he couldn’t help but grumble inwardly. How
obsessed are women with their youth and looks? Is
it that difficult to admit that they are aging?
Zhou Wen planned on taking Ya’er out for a walk.
The Glimmer Life Soul needed Zhou Wen to
continue visiting unfamiliar places to advance to a
Perfect Body.

As for the advancement method of Sword Pill, Zhou

Wen hadn’t figured it out yet. He was still in the
process of absorbing Essence Energy.

Before leaving Luoyang, Zhou Wen planned on

learning a few skills. This was because after the
Demon God Catalog’s Life Soul reached the Perfect
Body, Zhou Wen’s Constitution finally reached 41
points. He had a few Mythical skill crystals to
absorb.

Zhou Wen roughly sorted out the Mythical skill

crystals he already had and could absorb.

Jade Lute Crystal: Constitution 41, Spatial 21.

Great Might Vajra Bull Crystal: Constitution: 41,
Essence Energy: 41

National Cornerstone Gold Man Crystal: Essence

Energy 41, Constitution 41

Black-Armored Golden Silk Turtle Crystal: Essence

Energy 41, Constitution 41

Blue Sky Crystal Beast Crystal: Constitution: 41,

Spatial: 21.

Zhou Wen searched and found that there were five

Mythical crystals he could absorb in real life. The
Mythical skill crystals that dropped in-game had
long disappeared from respawning because he
couldn’t absorb them back then.
These were obtained in reality, and his attributes
had already met the requirements.

Zhou Wen thought for a moment and absorbed the

Jade Lute Crystal. As his stats had reached a certain
level, the absorption process was very smooth. The
Jade Lute Crystal quickly transformed into Essence
Energy that formed a new Essence Energy
circulation in Zhou Wen’s body.

‘Absorbed Jade Lute Crystal. Attained Mythical

Essence Energy Skill, String Aural Quake.’

Zhou Wen also obtained some information. It was

as he had expected. It was a spatial skill, not an
aural skill.

Unfortunately, String Aural Quake needed a string

instrument as a weapon to be used. Without a
similar instrument, this skill couldn’t be used.
Ordinary musical instruments naturally weren’t
sufficient. They couldn’t withstand the vibrations of
the Essence Energy and the strings would snap.
Thankfully, Zhou Wen had a Golden Harp, so he
could give it a try.

Chapter 943: Ya
Zhou Wen wasn’t in a rush to try. Instead, he
continued absorbing and refining the other
Mythical skill crystals.

The Mythical Essence Energy Crystals were

absorbed by Zhou Wen as though they were free.

‘Absorbed Great Might Vajra Bull Crystal. Attained

Mythical Essence Energy Skill: Vajra Drill.’
‘Absorbed National Cornerstone Gold Man Crystal.
Attained Mythical Essence Energy Skill, Body of Gold
Essence.’

‘Absorbed Black Iron Gold Thread Turtle Crystal.

Attained Mythical Essence Energy Skill: Grand Turtle
Breath.’

‘Absorbed Blue Sky Crystal Beast Crystal. Attained

Mythical Essence Energy Skill: Sky Slash.’

Absorbing different Mythical Crystals required

different Essence Energy Arts. Zhou Wen switched
Essence Energy Arts several times and finally
absorbed all the Mythical Crystals he could.

Zhou Wen originally imagined that the Great Might

Vajra Bull’s skill wasn’t anything interesting because
its strongest ability was the Soul Suppression Bell.
However, the Soul Suppression Bell wasn’t a skill, so
it was impossible for him to comprehend it.

He never expected the Great Might Vajra Bull to

have the move, Vajra Drill. It was rather impressive,
and it intrigued Zhou Wen.

This move was something the Great Might Vajra

Bull used when going all out. It broke its horn and
shot it out like a drill. Its might was rather
domineering.

Zhou Wen didn’t have a bull horn, but he didn’t

need one when using the skill. All he needed to do
was find a weapon that could be launched. He could
use a spear or sword as long as he could throw
them.
After the weapon was thrown, it would quickly spin
and form a powerful drilling force. It was even
better than Penetrating Pierce.

The key problem was that there was something

wrong with this move. After throwing the weapon,
it would automatically explode after hitting the
target, maximizing its might. After using it once, it
would destroy a weapon. An ordinary weapon
wouldn’t be able to withstand such a powerful
force. It might self-destruct before hitting the
target.

Therefore, the weapon used for Vajra Drill couldn’t

be too bad. Otherwise, it was very easy to miss.

Body of Gold Essence was a type of Essence Energy

that strengthened the body. It was somewhat
similar to Golden Bell and Iron Skin. However, it was
of a higher level. It strengthened the body even
more. It was a divine skill to suffer beatings.

Grand Turtle Breath was a high-level version of

Turtle Breath. When he used it, there was no sign of
life on his entire body. He was like a dead person.

However, he couldn’t move when using ordinary

Turtle Breath, but for Grand Turtle Breath, he could
still move freely. It was a necessary skill for feigning
death.

Of course, he could also use it to deal with

creatures with poor vision who relied on
determining the enemy’s life auras to attack. He
could also use it for hiding, making it difficult for
him to be discovered.
Sky Slash left Zhou Wen somewhat disappointed.
This was because Zhou Wen wanted a teleportation
skill, but this was a spatial attack.

It was indeed very powerful. An Essence Energy skill

that could slice through space was even more
destructive than Zhou Wen’s Demonic Astral Wheel.
However, Zhou Wen already had the even more
destructive Immortal Slaying. He could use Sky Slash
normally, but when he needed to go all out, he had
to rely on the might of Immortal Slaying.

With so many Mythical skills, Zhou Wen’s combat

strength increased significantly, especially with
Vajra Drill. It was like an Essence Energy version of a
missile. Its destructive power was rather shocking,
provided that Zhou Wen wasn’t afraid of sacrificing
his weapon.
If he used it in-game, he wouldn’t have any qualms
about using it. When the Mythical Light
Concealment Sword was thrown out with Vajra
Drill, its offensive strength was upgraded by a whole
level. Furthermore, the final explosion was even
more shocking.

Zhou Wen planned on using it in-game to kill

bosses. In real life, to use such a move made the
person a super tycoon. Zhou Wen wasn’t that rich.

The Body of Gold Essence was also very useful.

Furthermore, it didn’t clash with the Demon Dragon
True Body. Zhou Wen first used the Demon Dragon
True Body before using the Body of Gold Essence.
He looked like a humanoid golden dragon with a
terrifying body. He could even clash head on with
Tyrant Behemoth two or three times without being
killed.
Of course, the Essence Energy expenditure was
rather huge. Sometimes, he needed to switch back
to Slaughterer to replenish it.

Sky Slash wasn’t as useless as Zhou Wen imagined.

After Zhou Wen tried it, he realized that the
expenditure of Sky Slash wasn’t high. It could be
used continuously. It wasn’t like Immortal Slaying in
which he would lose his combat strength after one
strike. It was a form of compensation for its weaker
strength.

Finally, Zhou Wen tried String Aural Quake again.

The Golden Harp only struck once before the harp
snapped. Thankfully, it was in-game, so there
wasn’t any problem.

String Aural Quake was an area-of-effect attack skill.

If a group of monsters needed to be cleared, this
move was almost invincible.
I hope some useful skills drop in-game. Zhou Wen
really wanted to stay at home and grind dungeons,
but the Glimmer Life Soul needed him to walk out
to advance. It left him helpless.

Zhou Wen looked at maps online and planned on

which direction he should take. He wanted to
advance Glimmer to a Perfect Body as soon as
possible. This was a critical step in advancing to the
Mythical stage.

“Why are you going out again?” Ouyang Lan asked

when Zhou Wen told her that he was leaving
Luoyang.

“It’s beneficial to go out and broaden my horizons.

Now that the dimensional zones in the Federation
are becoming more and more unstable, I wonder if
I’ll have the chance to leave again in the future,”
Zhou Wen said.

“That’s true. Send Ya’er over. I’ll help you take care
of her,” Ouyang Lan said.

“I plan on taking her out for a walk with me this

time,” Zhou Wen said.

“She’s still so young. What if you encounter

danger?” Ouyang Lan said worriedly. It was obvious
that she really liked Ya’er.

“I’ll take routes I’m confident in. Besides, you

should be able to tell that Ya’er isn’t an ordinary
child,” Zhou Wen said.

“Alright, be careful. Stay away from taking risks...”

Ouyang Lan exhorted again.
After informing the others, Zhou Wen was about to
leave Luoyang when he suddenly heard a piece of
news. Someone had challenged the first ranked
Great Skyfiend.

Zhou Wen hurriedly switched on his phone and

couldn’t help but be taken aback when he saw the
challenger.

The challenger also looked like a human, but he was

wearing clothes that resembled a cloak. Beneath
the cloak was an airtight armor, making it
impossible to see what the creature inside looked
like.

However, his clothes and armor weren’t Guardian

armor. Furthermore, there was a white “Ya”
embroidered on the back of the cloak.
And the name on the cube only had one word: Ya.

What surprised the Federation citizens was that Ya

held an ancient sword in his hand. Ya wasn’t
famous, but the ancient sword was very famous.

In the previous ranking battle, Primordial Sword

Immortal, who had been invincible against
everyone overseas, was now in Ya’s hands.

Zhou Wen was also alarmed, but what shocked him

wasn’t the Primordial Sword Immortal in Ya’s hand,
but that Ya looked like someone to Zhou Wen.

Don’t tell me it’s Zhong Ziya! Zhou Wen prayed

inwardly.

If it was really Zhong Ziya, he might have already

taken Wang Mingyuan’s path. This was because Ya’s
condition was clearly different from the Guardians.

Chapter 944: Sea Return

Zhou Wen’s phone suddenly rang. He looked at the
number and saw that it was from Hui Haifeng.

After the call connected, Hui Haifeng’s solemn voice

sounded. “Zhou Wen, are you looking at the cube’s
challenge?”

“Yes,” Zhou Wen answered.

“Don’t you find that Ya a little familiar?” Hui Haifeng

asked again.

“You also think he looks like Zhong Ziya?” Zhou Wen

said directly.
Hui Haifeng fell silent for a moment before saying,
“He seems to have Teacher’s shadow on him.”

Zhou Wen originally believed that he was reading

too much into it, but now, even Hui Haifeng thought
so. It looked like there was a high chance that
Zhong Ziya had chosen an extremely difficult path.

“Perhaps we are reading too much into it. Perhaps

that isn’t Zhong Ziya at all,” Zhou Wen said.

Hui Haifeng said with a bitter smile, “The possibility

of us making a recognition mistake at the same time
is slim. It’s best we make plans early. Running away
won’t solve the problem.”
“What do you have in mind?” Zhou Wen asked. He
didn’t even know where Zhong Ziya was, nor could
he think of any solutions.

“Do you still remember the question Teacher asked

us back then?” Hui Haifeng asked.

“Yes, two paths,” Zhou Wen answered.

“I want to try the first one,” Hui Haifeng said.

“How?” Zhou Wen asked.

“In the dimensional zones, we discovered quite a

number of strange materials. For example, common
materials like Essence Gold and Essence Crystals.
There are also some that aren’t common. I want to
try and see if I can figure out something that can
fight dimensional creatures. Humans have used
their intelligence to become the masters of Earth
for thousands of years. Perhaps this time, we can
still rely on our intelligence to win,” Hui Haifeng
said.

“This path isn’t easy.” Zhou Wen knew how difficult

this path was. The An family had invested so many
resources, but the things they had researched
weren’t very useful against Mythical creatures.

“Someone has to walk over to the edge to see if

that’s the end of the world,” Hui Haifeng said with a
smile.

“Then walk the path. Perhaps there’s a new world

ahead,” Zhou Wen said.

“I don’t care if there’s a new world. I just want to

keep the past.” Hui Haifeng paused before saying to
Zhou Wen, “Wen, don’t take that path.”
Zhou Wen knew which path Hui Haifeng was
referring to, but he fell silent. He didn’t know if he
would take that path.

If the Lost Immortal Sutra didn’t work, he had to

choose between a Guardian and Spirit Casting. Zhou
Wen felt that he might choose the Spirit Casting
path, so he couldn’t answer Hui Haifeng.

After a long silence, Hui Haifeng finally broke it with

a soft sigh. “Alright, if you really take that path one
day, I hope that you can still see me when you want
to turn back.”

Zhou Wen forced a smile and said, “You make it

sound like I’m walking on a path of no return. I have
my own path. If my luck isn’t too bad, I probably
won’t choose that path. Don’t worry.”
“Come to Sea Return to visit me when you have the
time. I’ll treat you to some rare seafood.”

“Alright, I plan on traveling soon.”

The two of them tacitly stopped the previous topic

and agreed to meet at Sea Return.

Although Sea Return and Sea Gazing City’s names

were similar, their positions were very different.
Sea Gazing City bordered the East Sea, while Sea
Return bordered the South Sea.

Zhou Wen remembered that Feng Qiuyan came

from Sea Return. Furthermore, the Feng family was
rather famous there.
Zhou Wen wondered if he should inform Feng
Qiuyan and see if he wanted to return with him.
That way, he could have a guide.

Now was clearly not the time to think about this.

Zhou Wen watched the livestream again. Great
Skyfiend didn’t accept the challenge. The
countdown to accepting the challenge was only
twenty-four hours.

After waiting for half an hour, he still didn’t see

Great Skyfiend accept the challenge. Zhou Wen
called Feng Qiuyan and told him that he was
heading to Sea Return soon. He asked if he wanted
to go with him.

“Coach, it’s not very peaceful over at Sea Return.

There are often break-out creatures coming ashore.
Many people have moved inland. Why are you
going to Sea Return?” Feng Qiuyan asked in
surprise.

“I have a senior over there. I want to visit him,”

Zhou Wen said.

“Those who remain in Sea Return now are basically

those who have family businesses there. That senior
shouldn’t be an ordinary person, right?” Feng
Qiuyan asked.

“Hui Haifeng,” Zhou Wen said his name.

“As expected. The Hui family has quite a number of

mineral mines in Sea Return. They are also most
determined to defend Sea Return.” Feng Qiuyan
explained the situation to Zhou Wen in detail.
The situation was worse than Zhou Wen had
imagined. Apart from the cities guarded by humans,
most of the areas had break-out creatures. It was
almost impossible to distinguish between
dimensional zones and non-dimensional zones.

There were many break-out creatures that came

out of the sea. Furthermore, they were very difficult
to deal with. Sea Return had three relatively large
families taking the lead. Together with more than
ten small families, they formed the forces of Sea
Return City that had been fighting the break-out
creatures all this time.

The Hui family and the Feng family were two of the
bigger families. Feng Qiuyan came from the Sea
Return Feng family.
Feng Qiuyan got Zhou Wen to wait. He wanted to
apply for leave from school before accompanying
Zhou Wen back to the sea.

As the two of them were talking, there was a

sudden commotion on the cube. Great Skyfiend
accepted the challenge and descended into the
cube arena in the void.

Everyone’s gaze was immediately attracted by

Great Skyfiend. The scene of Great Skyfiend
destroying Heavy-Armored Titan with one strike
surfaced in many people’s minds.

Ya stood in the arena and calmly looked at Great

Skyfiend as though he didn’t know how terrifying it
was.
Uesugi Nao had been in a bad mood recently. Her
progress in Luoyang hadn’t been smooth. She had
already tried many solutions, but she was unable to
obtain any information regarding the Essence
Energy weapons from the An family.

Although she had seen An Tianzuo a few times, he

never talked shop at home.

Back in the An family residence, An Tianzuo wasn’t

as domineering as the rumors said. He was no
different from an ordinary young man.

Not only was there no progress in the mission, but

she was also continuously challenged. This made
her somewhat vexed.

Although Uesugi Nao chose to accept the challenge,

she didn’t dare let her guard down.
She had already seen Primordial Sword Immortal’s
might the previous time. It was an existence even
more terrifying than Orochi. Now that someone had
entered the rankings with Primordial Sword
Immortal, this person was likely similar to her—
someone who had contracted a Guardian.

However, Uesugi Nao couldn’t tell if Ya was

someone who had used a Guardian. Typically, when
people with Guardians fought, Guardians would
fuse with humans. They would be donning Guardian
armor, but Ya was wearing a Companion Beast
armor.

Uesugi Nao accepted the challenge because she

wanted to know the origins of Ya.

Chapter 945: Purgatory Fiend Flames

Apart from knowing that her opponent was the
owner of Primordial Immortal Sword, Uesugi Nao
knew nothing about Ya, so she didn’t dare to be
careless. She summoned the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi
formed by Orochi.

With the augmentation of Great Skyfiend’s power, a

terrifying demonic aura appeared over Kusanagi-no-
Tsurugi.

Ya didn’t say a word. He held Primordial Immortal

Sword and didn’t pull it out. Instead, he slashed at
Uesugi Nao with the sword sheathed, making it
appear like a heavy sword.

Uesugi Nao was not to be outdone. She brandished

her Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi to meet Ya’s Primordial
Immortal Sword.

Clang!
The two swords clashed and the two terrifying
forces collided, producing a terrifying explosion and
shockwave. However, neither of them retreated as
they quickly brandished their swords again.

Fast. It was just too fast. The two of them had

reached the peak of the Mythical stage. They were
so fast that ordinary humans couldn’t see their
battle.

All people could see were streams of light

crisscrossing like sudden bolts of lightning. They
flashed and vanished. Their figures couldn’t be
seen, much less the sword moves.

Only a very small number of Epic experts with

special sight-type skills or people with high-level
sight-type Companion Beasts could see their battle
clearly.
When Zhou Wen saw Ya’s sword technique, he was
even more certain that he was Zhong Ziya. His
sword technique was unrestrained and unbridled.
Only someone with Zhong Ziya’s personality could
master such a sword technique to its limits.

Uesugi Nao’s sword technique was actually more

like a saber technique. It was also a model of
swiftness, ruthlessness, and accuracy. Although
Zhou Wen had previously fought her, it wasn’t a
real battle. Now, he finally understood her strength.
She undoubtedly had the standards of a top
Mythical.

Of course, this was under the premise of fusing with

Great Skyfiend. Without Great Skyfiend, Uesugi Nao
was only at the Epic stage just like him.
However, a Guardian was a part of one’s strength.
Just like how humans used pistols in the past. If one
had good marksmanship, they could also be
considered one of the strong.

Companion Beasts and Guardians shared the same

principle. One’s own strength and external strength
weren’t differentiated. Be it one’s own strength or
external strength, as long as one could use it well,
they were experts.

Uesugi Nao’s ability to perfectly control Great

Skyfiend’s power meant that she was indeed very
strong.

The Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and Primordial Immortal

Sword constantly clashed. No one had the upper
hand. Their techniques were mainly focused on
attacking. There was basically no defense. Every
strike looked abnormally perilous. It was pure
offense that only allowed for one outcome—one of
them had to die while the other lived.

After a while, Uesugi Nao realized that she was at a

disadvantage. It wasn’t because her strength and
technique were inferior to Ya’s, but because Ya’s
speed was getting faster and faster. His strength
was also getting stronger. The continuous battle
didn’t seem to consume his strength and stamina.
Instead, it made him even more ferocious and
domineering.

The other party is good at prolonged battles. Uesugi

Nao immediately realized that she couldn’t delay
any further. People who were good at prolonged
battles would definitely become stronger the longer
they fought. If this dragged on, it would be very
disadvantageous for her.
Without any hesitation, Uesugi Nao gathered her
strength and slashed out Great Skyfiend’s Infinite
Fiend Abyss. Black demonic aura transformed into
darkness as it tore out and slashed at Ya.

Wherever the black demonic aura went, everything

turned into darkness. In the blink of an eye, the
cube’s screen turned black and nothing could be
seen.

Zhou Wen hurriedly got up and ran towards the

cube in the city. This was because the broadcast
didn’t allow him to see through the darkness. He
had to reach the cube to see what was happening
inside the darkness.

The cube arena in the void was completely

enveloped by darkness. As for Ya, his vision,
hearing, and sense of smell in the darkness had
been stripped away. Even when the blade slashed
at him, he couldn’t feel anything, much less feel
pain.

Looking at Ya, who was standing in the arena with a

sword in hand, Uesugi Nao mercilessly slashed with
her blade.

She knew that in the Infinite Fiend Abyss, her

opponent’s senses would be stripped away.
However, she wasn’t sure if her opponent had the
ability to nullify Infinite Fiend Abyss. Therefore, she
had to kill her opponent as quickly as possible.

Clang!

However, Ya moved in the darkness. Primordial

Immortal Sword accurately blocked Uesugi Nao’s
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi.
The blades constantly clashed. The Infinite Fiend
Abyss wasn’t cracked, but Ya didn’t seem to be
affected at all. He didn’t make any mistakes.

He has an ability that transcends the normal senses.

Uesugi Nao immediately guessed the reason. In the
Infinite Fiend Abyss, only people who had extra-
sensory perception could be unaffected.

Unless Uesugi Nao could make Great Skyfiend break

through to the Terror grade, Infinite Fiend Abyss
was almost useless against people with extra-
sensory perception.

After figuring this out, Uesugi Nao no longer wasted

her Essence Energy and directly deactivated Infinite
Fiend Abyss.
When Zhou Wen arrived above the cube, Uesugi
Nao had already dispelled Infinite Fiend Abyss,
revealing their figures again.

Zhou Wen wore the Invisibility Cloak and floated in

the air as he watched the battle on the cube’s
arena. Such a battle was already the pinnacle of
humanity. The only pity was that they weren’t
fighting purely with human strength.

Ya’s offensive was like a tidal wave. He didn’t have

many tricks, nor did he have any complicated skills.
He was just one man and one sword. He was
presumptuous and arrogant. He relentlessly
attacked, as if the word “defense” didn’t exist in his
dictionary.

Seeing that Infinite Fiend Abyss didn’t have any

effect, Uesugi Nao didn’t hesitate to use another of
Great Skyfiend’s Mythical technique, Purgatory
Fiend Flames.

The moment the sword slashed out, the demonic

aura on the sword burned and turned into terrifying
fiend flames. Uesugi Nao had used this move to
instantly kill Heavy-Armored Titan.

It’s finally here! Zhou Wen stared at Uesugi Nao’s

strike. He naturally knew that it was this move that
had killed Heavy-Armored Titan.

However, no one knew what the exact function of

this move was, nor did they know how to crack it.

If it were Zhou Wen, his movement technique was

excellent. He wouldn’t need to take the risk and
could directly dodge before counterattacking. That
would prevent Uesugi Nao from hitting him.
However, Ya clearly did not share Zhou Wen’s
habits. His sword didn’t seem to have the option of
retreating or dodging. Primordial Immortal Sword
continued advancing crazily.

The six families and many wealthy families stared

intently at the two combatants. Even the great
devils overseas were somewhat nervous.

Everyone wanted to know if Great Skyfiend’s one-

hit kill of Heavy-Armored Titan could kill Ya.

Clang!

The Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and Primordial Immortal

Sword collided fiercely. The Purgatory Fiend Flames
on the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi immediately spread to
Primordial Immortal Sword. Besides that, even Ya’s
clothes, armor, and body began to burn with fiend
flames.

Chapter 946: Top Rank Changes

Translator: CKtalon

Oh no, he didn’t block it. Zhou Wen was alarmed.

Will the same thing happen again? Zhang Chunqiu

looked at Ya, who was burning with fiend flames,
and muttered to himself with a frown.

Many people in the six families were very

disappointed. Although they didn’t know who Ya
was, there was no doubt that Uesugi Nao was from
overseas. Most people still supported Ya.
However, Ya’s body didn’t explode like the Heavy-
Armored Titan. Although his body was burning with
fiend flames, he was still brandishing his sword to
attack. The terrifying fiend flames seemed like an
illusion that didn’t exist. They failed to damage his
body.

After blocking a few more strikes, Uesugi Nao

realized that Ya hadn’t exploded. Even his clothes
and armor weren’t burned. She was filled with
puzzlement.

How can there be no reaction? Could there really be

a sinless person in this world? No way. He must
have the ability to restrain the Purgatory Fiend
Flames that prevented him from being killed.
Uesugi Nao felt depressed.

The Purgatory Fiend Flames were extremely

powerful, but there was a condition. That person
had to commit a sin before the Purgatory Fiend
Flames could be effective.

Pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust, and

so on were all Original Sins. No one in the world had
no Original Sin at all. Therefore, the Purgatory Fiend
Flames were practically invincible against humans.
The heavier the Original Sins, the stronger the
damage target received.

Back then, Heavy-Armored Titan had been killed by

the Purgatory Fiend Flames because its owner had
committed too many massacres. Furthermore, it
had also committed the sins of wrath and gluttony.
This led to its explosion.

However, Ya was completely unaffected. Uesugi

Nao found it impossible.
Soon, the people from the Federation and overseas
realized that Great Skyfiend’s attack didn’t seem to
have any effect on Ya. The people from the
Federation were naturally overjoyed, but the great
devils overseas had solemn expressions.

The battle continued. The situation was already

somewhat disadvantageous for Uesugi Nao. She
knew that she had to defeat Ya as soon as possible.
Time wasn’t on her side.

From the looks of it, I can only use Great Skyfiend’s

Wheel of Destiny. Uesugi Nao made up her mind as
she stared at Ya through her visor. The demonic
aura on her body quickly converged.

Suddenly, Uesugi Nao’s figure vanished. When she

appeared again, she was already behind Ya.

Crack!
Ya’s body had been sliced apart at the waist at
some point in time.

Everyone was horrified. Even Zhou Wen couldn’t

tell how Uesugi Nao had killed Ya. It wasn’t a matter
of speed. No matter how fast a Mythical creature
was, it was impossible for Zhou Wen, who had
powerful eyesight, to not see its trajectory.

Zhou Wen really didn’t see anything. Uesugi Nao’s

body seemed to vanish when she completed the
strike.

It wasn’t teleportation either. This was because

attacks could only be delivered after completing the
teleportation. As for Uesugi Nao’s strike, it was
completed when she disappeared. This was
different from teleportation.
Many experts from the Federation felt their hearts
turn cold as they felt a chill run down their spines. If
Uesugi Nao used this strike against them, few had
the confidence of dodging it.

Uesugi Nao’s expression didn’t look good when she

saw Ya’s body split into two. This was because she
felt that something was amiss when she killed Ya.
She quickly retreated.

Suddenly, the two halves of the corpse turned into

a broken puppet. The other Ya appeared where he
had been standing when he first entered the arena.

Everyone was stunned. They couldn’t believe that

Ya, who had fought with Uesugi Nao for so long,
was actually a puppet.

Uesugi Nao’s expression turned nasty. She had

already used her strongest strike, so it was
impossible for her to deliver a second strike in a
short period of time. Now, she understood why the
Purgatory Fiend Flames were useless against Ya. It
was because it wasn’t Ya, but a puppet.

Primordial Immortal Sword automatically returned

to the true Ya’s hand. He held the Primordial
Immortal Sword and stared at Uesugi Nao like a
devil.

At that moment, everyone felt that Ya was as

powerful as a devil. This wasn’t a feeling brought
about by strength, but a psychological pressure.

Regardless of whether Ya’s true strength could

defeat Uesugi Nao, his ability to toy with his
opponent was even more terrifying than his true
destructive power.
The unknown was most terrifying. Once a certain
power was known by others and had psychological
expectations, the horror instilled would decrease.
The present Ya felt unfathomable and terrifying.

Uesugi Nao didn’t hesitate and chose to forfeit. She

knew very well that she had lost this time because
of the unequal intelligence between them. If she
continued fighting, there was only death.

If she wanted to defeat her opponent, she had to

first figure out her opponent’s abilities. She no
longer had that chance.

With Uesugi Nao’s withdrawal, the first name on

the ranking became Ya. As for Great Skyfiend, it
retreated to second place. All the Guardians and
Companion Beasts on the ranking automatically
dropped by one.
Ya’s entire body was covered, and no one could tell
what expression he had. After obtaining victory, he
left the void arena.

“He’s really too strong. As expected of the owner of

Primordial Sword Immortal. Just a puppet made
Great Skyfiend retreat.”

“He’s practically invincible. Primordial Sword

Immortal is powerful, but its owner is even more
terrifying. I don’t think there will be any more
surprises in this ranking battle, right?”

The citizens of the Federation were amazed at Ya’s

strength. This name quickly spread throughout the
Federation. Some people viewed him as a hero.

Zhou Wen didn’t think so. Ya was indeed very

strong, but the combat strength displayed by
Uesugi Nao was also very terrifying. It could only be
said that Ya won because of his successful strategy.

However, the same strategy might not succeed a

second time. Therefore, it was difficult to say if he
could maintain first place.

After returning to campus, Zhou Wen saw many

reports regarding Ya. As Ya was likely from the
Federation, the various media outlets of the
Federation touted Ya as a hero. They held him in
high esteem, raising the enthusiasm of the
Federation citizens. They kept guessing who Ya was.

After Zhou Wen read the report, he smiled bitterly

to himself. If Ya is really Zhong Ziya, it’s hard to tell
if he’s a hero or a devil to the Federation.
The battle between the two pumped zeal and ardor
through Zhou Wen’s vessels. He had the urge to
fight personally.

However, Zhou Wen quickly regained his rationality.

He felt that grinding dungeons was more practical.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t find opponents like Ya
and Great Skyfiend in-game.

If only I could scan them into the game, Zhou Wen

thought to himself.

After Feng Qiuyan applied for leave, the three of

them were prepared to set off. To their surprise,
after hearing of the matter, Li Xuan joined them.
They set off as a group of four.

“After watching Ya and Great Skyfiend’s battle, I

feel like getting a Guardian to play with.” On the
way, Li Xuan mentioned the battle.
“Guardians are external forces after all. It’s not
good.” Feng Qiuyan clearly rejected Guardians. He
wished to become stronger by himself.

“Old Zhou, what do you think? How does it feel to

have a Guardian?” Li Xuan asked Zhou Wen.

“I don’t know. I’ve only killed a few Guardians and

never had one,” Zhou Wen said.

Chapter 947: Unable to Walk Straight

“Coach is indeed Coach. You’ve already killed so
many Guardians? Can you teach me how to kill
Guardians?” Feng Qiuyan said in admiration.

“Is this even a normal chat?” Li Xuan was somewhat

speechless.
The four of them set off together. Zhou Wen had
already walked the first part of the journey, but
now, it felt different from before.

Not only were many roads destroyed, but after

leaving the city, the chances of encountering break-
out creatures increased significantly. Many break-
out creatures were only at the Legendary stage. The
reason they could break out was clearly because the
dimensional zones’ seals had weakened, not
because they were strong enough.

The further away they were from the city, the

denser the plants grew. The environment that had
been destroyed by humans in the past had not only
recovered, but it had also become terrifying. The
plants had mutated. Although they hadn’t reached
the standards of dimensional creatures, they had
become extremely huge.
Large trees that were dozens of meters tall and
flowers that were more than a meter in diameter
were rather common now. Most of the paths were
awash with plants.

Furthermore, new dimensional zones were

constantly appearing. It was very possible that a
spot he passed this time was fine, yet it could
become a dimensional zone the next time he came
here.

“Li Xuan, what are you up to?” Zhou Wen saw that
Li Xuan had suddenly turned odd.

“I didn’t do anything?” Li Xuan looked at Zhou Wen

in puzzlement, unsure what he meant.
“If you aren’t doing anything, why are you walking
so weirdly?” Zhou Wen stared at Li Xuan.

“I’m not walking weirdly. I’m walking very

normally,” Li Xuan said as he took another step.

However, this step immediately made Li Xuan’s

expression change. This was because he clearly
wanted to walk straight forward, but to his surprise,
he took a diagonal step and blocked Zhou Wen’s
path.

“That’s impossible. I’m not senile. It’s impossible

that I can’t even walk straight...” Li Xuan refused to
believe it as he took a few more steps. However,
every step he took was diagonal. None of them
were straight.

“What the hell... There’s something strange here...

Try walking... There’s no way to walk in a straight
line here...” Li Xuan’s expression turned nasty. He
checked himself but didn’t discover any problems.

Feng Qiuyan and Zhou Wen took two steps. They

walked very straight without any signs of walking
diagonally.

“It’s completely fine,” Zhou Wen said.

“I don’t believe it.” Seeing that Zhou Wen and Feng

Qiuyan were fine, Li Xuan took two more steps.

Li Xuan tried his best to control his footsteps. He

had already used his Essence Energy, but after he
stepped out, he went diagonal again. He couldn’t
walk straight.

“President, stop teasing us. We still have a long

journey ahead of us,” Feng Qiuyan said.
Li Xuan felt like crying. “What’s wrong with me? I
really can’t walk straight.”

“But we have no problems,” Feng Qiuyan said as he

took a few steps back. He walked very straight.

Li Xuan suddenly stared at Feng Qiuyan as though

he had discovered something. He said loudly, “Wait,
Little Yanyan. Don’t walk in a straight line. Walk
diagonally.”

“What’s wrong with walking diagonally? It’s very

easy,” Feng Qiuyan said as he took a step forward
diagonally.

However, when he took this step, his feet walked

straight ahead. This step was so straight that even a
ceremonial guard’s standard marching wasn’t as
straight as his.

“What’s going on?” Feng Qiuyan was somewhat

dumbfounded. He gathered his Essence Energy and
attempted to take a few more steps, but the
outcome was the same. No matter how hard he
tried to walk diagonally, he ended up walking in a
straight line.

“I knew it. There’s definitely something odd here,”

Li Xuan shouted.

The two of them looked at Zhou Wen at the same

time. One of them could only walk diagonally while
the other could only walk in a straight line. Now,
they wanted to know how it was with Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen tried walking, but he could only walk in a

straight line. If he wanted to walk diagonally, he
couldn’t walk out no matter what. He walked
forward the moment he moved his feet.

Zhou Wen tried walking backward again, but he

soon realized that he couldn’t.

“Take a look at the map. Where is this place?” Zhou

Wen had already realized that something was
amiss, but he was even more certain now.

Li Xuan was already looking at it on his phone. This

was an old map he had downloaded. It wasn’t for
navigation, but to see if there were any legendary
scenic spots on the map.

“There doesn’t seem to be anything special nearby.

It’s just an ordinary mountainous area. Could it be
that an unknown dimensional zone has appeared
here? Or has some dimensional creature affected
this place?” Li Xuan looked at the map for a while
but didn’t discover any problems.

Zhou Wen tried switching to the Heaven-Opening

Scripture of the Highest Elder before taking two
more steps. He realized that he could now retreat
and walk diagonally.

“How are you able to walk diagonally again?” Li

Xuan asked in surprise when he saw Zhou Wen take
two steps diagonally.

“I have an ability that can restrain the taboos of

dimensional zones. From the looks of it, this place
has transformed into a dimensional zone. However,
I wonder where we entered.” Zhou Wen sized up
his surroundings and saw mountains and rivers. The
scenery wasn’t bad, but he didn’t discover any
dimensional creatures.
“Since it’s a dimensional zone, let’s walk forward. It
just prevents me from walking straight, so it’s not a
big deal,” Li Xuan said.

His strength didn’t rely on movement techniques to

begin with, so the restriction of movement was
nothing to him.

“What about you?” Zhou Wen asked Feng Qiuyan.

“It shouldn’t have much of an impact,” Feng Qiuyan

said.

“Alright, let’s continue walking forward,” Zhou Wen

said as he summoned a Poison Bat, hoping to get it
to scout ahead.
However, after the Poison Bat was summoned, it
fell to the ground, unable to fly no matter how hard
it struggled.

“There’s a taboo here that prevents flight,” Li Xuan

said in surprise.

Zhou Wen had no choice but to unsummon the

Poison Bat before summoning a Runic Heavy-
Armored Warrior to scout ahead.

The Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior didn’t have any

problems, but he could only walk in a straight line.
He couldn’t walk diagonally.

The Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior walked far ahead

while Zhou Wen and company followed behind.
Zhou Wen and Feng Qiuyan were fine, but Li Xuan
could only walk diagonally. It was extremely
awkward.
They walked for quite some time without
discovering any dimensional creatures. The Runic
Heavy-Armored Warrior had already walked to the
river in front of them and was about to cross it.

As they couldn’t fly, they had no choice but to cross

the river. Zhou Wen was afraid that there would be
something odd in the river, so he got the Runic
Heavy-Armored Warrior to head into the river as
they watched by the edge.

The river wasn’t deep. The deepest part only

reached the waist of the Runic Heavy-Armored
Warrior. There wasn’t any problem when the Runic
Heavy-Armored Warrior crossed the river.

However, just as he reached the opposite bank, a

bang was heard.
Chapter 948: Chinese Chess Dimensional Zone
The Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior’s body shattered
into pieces. At the same time, a dimensional
creature that looked like a squirrel landed and
stood in the wreckage blasted open by the Runic
Heavy-Armored Warrior.

“Holy sh*t, that little squirrel is so strong!” Li Xuan’s

eyes nearly popped out.

He had seen Runic Heavy-Armored Warriors before.

Although they were only at the Epic stage, their
defense was extremely powerful. It wasn’t easy for
Mythical creatures with weaker offensive strength
to break through their Runic Heavy-Armored Armor,
much less shatter them directly. Only a powerful
Mythical creature like Tyrant Behemoth could do
so.
However, this tiny squirrel looked inconspicuous.
He never expected it to have such terrifying
strength.

Zhou Wen found it unbelievable as well. He

immediately used Truth Listener to observe the tiny
squirrel. No matter how he looked at it, it didn’t
look like a dimensional creature that could kill a
Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior with one strike.

“Something’s amiss. Perhaps it’s not that the

squirrel is strong, but the taboo of this dimensional
zone,” Zhou Wen said as he stared at the squirrel on
the opposite bank.

Li Xuan suddenly thought of something and

suddenly said to Zhou Wen, “Old Zhou, your
reconnaissance abilities are strong. Look behind
that squirrel. Are there any other dimensional
creatures in a straight line?”
Zhou Wen nodded and extended Truth Listener’s
ability. Indeed, he discovered a gray rabbit
squatting further away. It was in a very straight line
from the squirrel.

Zhou Wen told Li Xuan this outcome and Li Xuan

immediately exclaimed, “I understand. This
dimensional zone’s taboo might be related to
Chinese chess.”

“Chinese chess?” Zhou Wen didn’t know how to

play Chinese chess, so he asked Li Xuan what he
meant.

Li Xuan explained, “You don’t know how to play

Chinese chess. Otherwise, it would be easy for you
to figure out that in the rules of Chinese chess,
different pieces have different ways of motion.
Horse moves in an L shape while Elephant moves in
a shape similar to an L, but with both sides equal in
length, like two sides of a square. They are the most
representative. For example, I can only walk
diagonally. I’m guessing that it might be one of the
two or another type of Advisor. Little Yanyan can
only walk in a straight line, so he might be a Chariot
or Cannon. You can only walk in a straight line and
can’t retreat. You should be a Soldier in Chinese
chess. You can only advance but not retreat.”

Feng Qiuyan thought for a moment and said,

“President, what you said makes sense. If this is
really a dimensional zone following Chinese chess
rules, it can explain why a tiny squirrel can instantly
kill a Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior. This is because
in Chinese chess, all the pieces have single lives.
Regardless of whether one is strong or weak, one
will die if they are hit.”

“I don’t know the rules of Chinese chess. Do you

have a solution?” Zhou Wen asked the two of them.
“I only know a few rules. I’m not good at it. How
about you, Little Yanyan?” Li Xuan asked Feng
Qiuyan.

Feng Qiuyan thought for a moment and answered,

“My grandfather likes to play Chinese chess very
much, so I learned it from a young age. However,
I’m only average. Furthermore, there is no chess
board here, only rules. It’s still a little different from
real Chinese chess. I wonder if it will work.”

“Let’s try using Companion Beasts first. Tell me

what to do.” Zhou Wen summoned another Runic
Heavy-Armored Warrior.

When Li Xuan and Feng Qiuyan saw the spot where

Zhou Wen summoned the Runic Heavy-Armored
Warrior, they shouted at the same time, “Quick,
dodge.”
The Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior that Zhou Wen
summoned was in front of him, forming a straight
line with the squirrel.

Boom!

The squirrel tore through the air and struck the spot
where Zhou Wen had been standing. Thankfully,
with Feng Qiuyan and Li Xuan’s warning, Zhou Wen
had dodged in advance. Otherwise, the outcome
would have been unimaginable.

“What happened?” Zhou Wen asked in surprise.

“This little squirrel should be a Cannon in Chinese

chess. It needs a chess piece to be in the way to
launch an attack,” Feng Qiuyan explained.
With that said, Feng Qiuyan moved to a spot that
was a straight line away from the little squirrel and
attacked. Just as his saber touched the little
squirrel, its body exploded.

“From the looks of it, I represent Chariot.” Feng

Qiuyan thought for a moment and said to Zhou
Wen, “Coach, we need some chess pieces now.
Summon more Companion Beasts. They don’t need
to be too strong. Legendary ones will do. Let’s first
determine what they represent in Chinese chess
before figuring out what chess pieces are on the
other side of the river.”

Zhou Wen had many Companion Beasts, but he

really had very few Legendary Companion Beasts.
As they weren’t of much value, he seldom hatched
them. Typically, he directly fed them to pets.
Zhou Wen summoned some Epic Companion Beasts
and Li Xuan said, “Old Zhou, there’s no need to be
so extravagant. Just a few worthless Legendary
Companion Beasts will do.”

“These are already my most worthless Companion

Beasts. Feel free to use them. It’s useless to keep
them anyway. I still have plenty,” Zhou Wen said as
he summoned some Companion Beasts. They were
also at the Epic stage.

However, after summoning twelve, Zhou Wen

realized that he couldn’t summon any more
Companion Beasts.

“I suddenly realized that we aren’t on the same

frequency,” Li Xuan said with an aggrieved look.

Feng Qiuyan counted the number of Companion

Beasts and said, “From the looks of it, there’s
nothing wrong about this dimensional zone
following Chinese chess rules. There are sixteen
pieces for each side. Twelve Companion Beasts plus
the four of us makes sixteen. Now, we have to
figure out what pieces these Companion Beasts
represent. Coach, try getting them to walk.”

Zhou Wen made the Companion Beasts move.

According to their movement, Feng Qiuyan quickly
determined what pieces they represented.

“If my judgment is right, Ya’er might very well

represent the General. Coach, you have to protect
her no matter what. If the General dies, it means
game over. No one knows what the outcome will
be,” Feng Qiuyan said to Zhou Wen.

“Alright.” Zhou Wen nodded. Although he had

roughly understood the rules, chess was a skill.
Knowing the rules wasn’t enough.
“Now, we need to know what’s on the other side.
Coach, look at what dimensional creatures there
are,” Feng Qiuyan said as he looked across the river.

Truth Listener played its role. Zhou Wen told Feng

Qiuyan about the various dimensional creatures
that had appeared across the river. However, they
were all small animals like rats, sheep, cats, and
dogs. They didn’t look very strong.

Feng Qiuyan thought for a moment and said, “Now,

we don’t know what chess pieces those dimensional
creatures represent. We can only test them in
actual combat. When the time comes, it’s inevitable
that some chess pieces will be sacrificed.”

“It’s fine. They are all unimportant Companion

Beasts,” Zhou Wen said.
Feng Qiuyan nodded. Just as he was about to get a
Companion Beast to cross the river, he suddenly
heard a voice from the other side of the river.
“Interesting. I never expected there to be someone
proficient in the Way of Chinese chess among the
youths these days. How rare.”

The three of them were slightly taken aback as they

looked towards the opposite bank. They saw an old
man sitting on a boulder that was more than ten
meters tall. He was staring at them with his eyes
glowing.

“Human?” Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised.

Chapter 949: Cheating

It wasn’t strange for a human to appear in such a
place. The strange thing was that the dimensional
creatures on the opposite bank didn’t show him any
animosity. Furthermore, Zhou Wen had a vague
feeling that the dimensional creatures were mainly
led by the elder.

“Grandpa, why are you here alone?” Li Xuan

shouted.

The elder ignored Li Xuan and looked at Feng

Qiuyan. “Since you know Chinese chess, play a
round with me. You can leave alive if you win.”

“Grandpa, you are also a human. Why are you

making things difficult for your own kind?” Li Xuan
shouted again.

The elder sneered and said, “Whether you are

human or not has nothing to do with me. Since you
are here, you only have two choices. Win or die.”
“Why is this old fellow so inhumane?” Li Xuan
muttered.

The elder continued, “The rat is Elephant, the fox is

Advisor...”

He told Feng Qiuyan which chess pieces were

represented by which various dimensional
creatures before saying, “I’m the General The rules
are somewhat different from the old Chinese chess.
There’s no limit to the number of steps. As long as
you have the ability, you can simultaneously move
as many pieces as you can.”

With that said, the dimensional creatures moved

according to the elder’s orders.
Unlike real Chinese chess, they didn’t take a step
turn after turn. When the elder gave the order,
many dimensional creatures moved at the same
time.

As the Companion Beasts weren’t Feng Qiuyan’s,

Feng Qiuyan could only inform Zhou Wen to get him
to control the movement of the Companion Beasts.
This naturally slowed things down.

But even so, Feng Qiuyan wasn’t at a disadvantage.

Their chess pieces kept decreasing, and it looked
like they were evenly matched.

However, Feng Qiuyan’s side suffered a hidden

danger. Apart from himself, all the old man’s chess
pieces could be sacrificed. However, Feng Qiuyan
had four chess pieces that could not be sacrificed. In
late game, it would spell a greater disadvantage.
Feng Qiuyan wasn’t anxious at all. Seeing the
number of chess pieces decreasing, he remained as
calm as still water. He constantly communicated
with Zhou Wen and directed the remaining
Companion Beasts to fight.

As Zhou Wen took in the orders to move the

Companion Beasts, he had gained a deeper
understanding of the rules of Chinese chess and
knew Feng Qiuyan’s disadvantage.

Soon, most of the Companion Beasts on both sides

were sacrificed. Apart from the four of them, there
was only one Chi that represented Horse.

As for the old man, other than his General piece, he

also had a Horse, a Cannon, and two Chariots.
In terms of lineup, Feng Qiuyan was clearly at a
disadvantage. Furthermore, other than the Chi, they
couldn’t make any sacrifices.

The elder said sinisterly, “It looks like you need to

decide which one to sacrifice next.”

Apart from the elder, the Horse, Cannon, and two

Chariots attacked Zhou Wen and company.

The two Chariots were the most powerful. As long

as one stood in a straight line with them, they
would be instantly killed. The Horse and Cannon
were equally shocking.

If one stood in a straight line with the Horse in front

of the Cannon, they would be hit by the Cannon. If
one took a diagonal path, they might be killed by
the Horse.
As for Zhou Wen, he was in a somewhat miserable
state. Although Li Xuan represented Advisor—
meaning he could walk diagonally—he could only
walk one unit of distance each time. No matter how
fast Li Xuan was, he couldn’t speed up due to the
restrictions of the dimensional zone. His damage
range was much shorter than Horse.

Zhou Wen was a Soldier—a pawn—who could only

take one step at a time. Furthermore, he could only
advance and not retreat. At most, he could move
horizontally. He was almost no threat to the elder.

Only Feng Qiuyan’s Chariot posed a greater threat

to his opponent. However, because he couldn’t take
the initiative to stand in a straight line with his
opponent, he hadn’t found an opportunity.
Soon, the Chi that represented the Horse was killed.
The four of them could no longer continue making
any sacrifices.

“From the looks of it, your skill in chess is only so-

so. How disappointing.” The elder held the absolute
advantage and wasn’t in a rush to continue
attacking.

Feng Qiuyan’s expression remained unchanged as

he looked at the elder and said, “My chess skill is
inferior to yours. If this was a real game, I would
definitely lose. However, this isn’t a real chess
game, so I will definitely win.”

“Everything in the world can be distilled as chess.

This is a true chess game,” the elder said.

“Everything is chess, but chess pieces are different,”

Feng Qiuyan said.
“It’s no different. No matter how powerful a
creature is, it’s just a chess piece in this game. It can
be killed easily,” said the elder.

“That might not be the case. Sometimes, a chess

piece can influence the chessboard.” Feng Qiuyan
turned around and said to Zhou Wen and Li Xuan,
“Coach, President, this is all I can do. I can only
weaken my opponent to such an extent. All of you
are already very clear about the rules. What’s next
is the battle, not the game. You are all experts in
combat, so there’s no need for me to command
you.”

With that said, Feng Qiuyan drew his saber and

charged forward. Zhou Wen and Li Xuan didn’t say a
word as they followed Feng Qiuyan.
Previously, Zhou Wen hadn’t known the rules, but
now, he knew them like the back of his hand.
Furthermore, Feng Qiuyan had eliminated most of
the chess pieces, simplifying the complicated chess
game and minimizing the possibility of being
accidentally killed.

Just as Feng Qiuyan had said, they only needed to

fight under the restrictions of the rules. They didn’t
need to think about how to play chess.

Apart from their movements being restricted and

having to be careful not to be instantly killed, it was
no different from normal battles.

The three of them moved together. Feng Qiuyan

was very fast, but Zhou Wen and Li Xuan were very
slow. They could only take one step at a time.
One Horse, one Cannon, and two Chariots attacked
the two of them, but the two of them made use of
their positioning and judgment to avoid being killed.

Instead, Feng Qiuyan used the opportunity to

quickly kill a Horse.

The remaining two Chariots and one Cannon could

only move in straight lines. The threat was
immediately reduced.

Hence, the three of them ignored the chess pieces

and charged towards the elder.

Just as Feng Qiuyan had said, if it was a real game,

he would have lost. However, this wasn’t a real
game.
In a real game, it was impossible for Ya’er and Li
Xuan’s chess pieces to cross the river. Even their
movement range was limited, but it was different in
reality.

Seeing Zhou Wen and company coordinate with

each other and how the remaining three chess
pieces failed to kill any one of them, the elder’s
expression turned nasty.

“Unforgivable... Unforgivable... That’s not how

chess is played...” Anger appeared on the elder’s
face.

“You no longer have a chance of winning. It’s best

you admit defeat and let us pass,” Feng Qiuyan said.
The other party was a human, so he wasn’t willing
to really kill the elder.
“Lose? It’s impossible for me to lose. No one can
defeat me on the chessboard. No one...” As the
elder spoke, he stood up and let out a long roar.

Many dimensional creatures rushed out and

replenished the dead pieces. As for Zhou Wen and
company, they immediately fell into a hopeless
situation as they fell into the attack range of many
pieces.

“Holy sh*t, you are cheating!” Li Xuan shouted.

“So what? As long as I win, all of you can die. I’m

number one in chess. No one can defeat me in
chess,” the elder shouted with a ferocious
expression.

Chapter 950: Chess Soul

The four of them were deep into the enemy’s
formation, and there was no room for them to
dodge. All the straight routes were locked. Even if
they could kill a few chess pieces, the other chess
pieces would kill them instantly.

“You cheated when you lost. You call this being

number one in chess?” Li Xuan said.

“The world is like chess. The victor is king. As long as

you can win, you are number one in the world.” The
elder was already confident of victory, so he didn’t
immediately take action.

Zhou Wen looked at the elder and asked, “How can

a human like you control dimensional creatures in a
dimensional zone?”

Zhou Wen wasn’t worried about his safety. He was

only curious how the elder had done it.
“I’m the Chess King. This is a chess dimensional
zone. The heavens have chosen me to be the king
here, allowing me to revitalize the way of chess,”
the elder said fervently.

“What a joke. Is this how you revitalize chess? You

rely on cheating to defeat others, yet you still call
yourself the Chess King. What a joke,” Li Xuan
mocked.

“Ignorant people like you know nothing about

chess. A win is a win. Die.” As the elder spoke, he
ordered his chess pieces to attack.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen activated the

Heaven-Opening Scripture and broke through the
dimensional zone’s taboo. Instantly, he summoned
tens of thousands of Musical Note Sprites.
Bam! Bam!

The elder’s fifteen pieces killed a few Musical Note

Sprites, but the endless number of Musical Note
Sprites had already occupied the entire space. They
blotted out the sky and enveloped the entire
chessboard.

“No... Impossible... How can you summon so many

chess pieces... There are only sixteen chess pieces
on one side of the chessboard...” The elder was
horrified. Every Musical Note Sprite that filled the
sky was a chess piece. Even someone who didn’t
know how to play chess could instantly kill him.

“The rules here are useless to me,” Zhou Wen said.

“You are cheating...” the elder shouted with a

ferocious expression.
Li Xuan burst out laughing. “Weren’t you the one
saying that cheating doesn’t matter. Who was the
one who said that the victor is king?”

“Tell me, why can you control the dimensional

creatures here?” Zhou Wen stared at the elder and
asked.

The elder didn’t answer. He suddenly roared and

ordered his chess pieces to attack again, but it was
useless against Zhou Wen’s sea of Musical Note
Sprites.

With a thought, all the elder’s chess pieces were

instantly killed. As for the elder, he charged at a
Musical Note Sprite, but Zhou Wen didn’t give him a
chance to die. He controlled the Musical Note Sprite
to spare his life.
“There’s something wrong with this elder.” Li Xuan
also realized the problem.

“He should be controlled by a dimensional

creature.” Zhou Wen couldn’t tell anything with his
naked eye as he retracted his Companion Beasts.
Then, he switched to the Hell King Life Soul and
sized up the elder again.

This time, he finally saw the problem. There was a

soul-shaped dimensional creature on the elder’s
body. It looked like an ancient chess player.

“I’m number one in chess... I’m the Chess King...”

The elder shouted crazily as he charged at Zhou
Wen and company.
“What should we do?” Feng Qiuyan looked at Zhou
Wen in a dilemma. He had no problem killing the
enemy, but there was clearly something wrong with
the elder. He wasn’t willing to kill him.

“Let me do it.” Zhou Wen walked towards the elder.

When the elder rushed in front of him, he waved his
hand and slashed out Supreme Hell King’s
sinflames, burning the soul attached to the elder to
ashes.

With the soul gone, the elder immediately collapsed

to the ground like a deflated balloon. The madness
in his eyes quickly faded.

With the soul-shaped dimensional creature dead,

Zhou Wen and company felt their surroundings
return to normal. There were no taboo powers to
restrict their movements. They could walk
horizontally and diagonally as they wished.
“I’m... I’m sorry... I... I didn’t do it on purpose... I...”
The elder regained his consciousness and said
helplessly. He looked like an honest old man. He
was no longer as crazy as before.

“We know it’s not your fault. You were controlled

by a dimensional creature. Tell us, what happened
here?” Zhou Wen pulled the elder up and asked.

The elder heaved a sigh of relief when he heard

Zhou Wen. Then, he recounted the situation.

This place wasn’t very famous. In the past, there

was a small village on the mountain. The elder was
a villager. The village lacked water and electricity, so
there wasn’t much entertainment. Therefore, chess
became the hobby and entertainment of many
villagers.
Later, after the dimensional storms, many villagers
were afraid that dimensional zones would appear
here. Therefore, they moved to large cities.

The elder’s grandfather was a nostalgic person who

didn’t wish to leave his hometown. Furthermore,
there weren’t any dimensional zones nearby back
then. Therefore, their family lived a peaceful life in
the remote mountain village.

It wasn’t a big deal in the beginning. As there

weren’t any dimensional creatures appearing, they
lived rather comfortably. However, after more than
ten years, after the elder’s grandfather died, the
surroundings gradually began to change. The elder’s
father was prepared to take him to a large city, but
he realized that they couldn’t leave. This was
because a dimensional creature called Chess Soul
had appeared nearby.
If he wanted to leave this place, he had to play
chess with Chess Soul. If he won, he could pass. If
he lost, he would be possessed by the Chess Soul
and become an elder.

After the elder’s father lost to the Chess Soul, he

was controlled by it. His mother didn’t dare take
him out again. Therefore, the mother and son lived
in the small mountain village. Apart from being
unable to leave, there were no other problems.

Later on, the elder’s mother passed away. The elder

slowly aged. He had been practicing chess all these
years, hoping that he could one day rush out.

As he had never had the courage, he only plucked

up the courage to play chess with the Chess Soul
when he was about to die of old age. The outcome
was the same. He had lost to the Chess Soul and
ended up in this state.

“In that case, there’s more than one Chess Soul?”

Zhou Wen asked.

“In the beginning, there were only a few Chess

Souls that sealed the nearby paths. Later, more and
more Chess Souls appeared, and the range of
control increased,” said the elder.

“From the looks of it, there are still many Chess

Souls ahead. Should we continue forward?” Li Xuan
asked.

Zhou Wen looked at the map and said, “Let’s

continue. I’ll lead the way. It shouldn’t be a
problem.”
Although he could choose other routes, Zhou Wen
had already taken them. That didn’t bring any
benefits to the Glimmer Life Soul, so he decided to
continue taking this path.

When the elder heard that they wanted to continue

walking forward, he pleaded to take him along. If he
could meet his father, he begged them to save him.

Since it was just a matter of convenience, Zhou Wen

agreed to take him along.

As they walked forward, they realized that there

were indeed many criss-crossing rivers. They were
like lines on a chessboard. When they walked to a
river in front of them, they realized that a creature
had appeared opposite them. However, this time, it
wasn’t a human, but an ancient chess player in a
Spirit Body state.
Chapter 951: Chess Sage Li
Translator: CKtalon

This Chess Soul looked much more elegant than the

one attached to the elder. Furthermore, the
Essence Energy fluctuations on its body were
stronger.

He sat by the river bank with a stone chessboard

and Chinese chess in front of him. When he saw
Zhou Wen and company walk over, the Chess Soul
said faintly, “If you want to go up Mt. Chinese
Chess, you have to pass me first.”

“We aren’t going up Mt. Chinese Chess. We are just

passing by,” Li Xuan said.
“If you wish to go up Mt. Chinese Chess, you have
to pass through me first.” The Chess Soul repeated
this sentence mechanically as though it was the
only thing he could say. It was like an extremely
unintelligent robot.

“Grandpa Chen, what’s Mt. Chinese Chess?” Zhou

Wen asked the elder beside him.

“I’ve never been to Mt. Chinese Chess. I only heard

from the elder when I was young that there was a
Mt. Chinese Chess in the nearby mountains. Legend
has it that there was an ancient general who once
fought an immortal by the river. In the end, the
immortal was defeated by the general and flew
away in embarrassment. The immortal even
abandoned his chessboard and chess pieces.
Therefore, the chessboard and chess pieces turned
into Mt. Chinese Chess,” the elder said after some
thought.
“From the looks of it, it’s because Mt. Chinese Chess
has become a dimensional zone that the
surrounding area has changed. These Chess Souls
are only protecting Mt. Chinese Chess,” Zhou Wen
said after some thought.

Li Xuan narrowed his eyes and said, “They are

guarding this place and not letting people go to Mt.
Chinese Chess. Doesn’t that mean that there are
treasures there?”

“Even if there are treasures, it has nothing to do

with us. With our chess skills, I’m afraid we won’t be
able to go up the mountain.” Zhou Wen didn’t know
how to play chess, so he wasn’t interested in
anything on Mt. Chinese Chess.

“All treasures in the world belong to those who are

fated. Since we’ve encountered it today, if we don’t
take it, we might be struck by lightning.” Li Xuan
was very interested.

“Even so, you have to have the ability to win the

game. Don’t tell me you plan on letting me fight my
way up? If there’s a Mythical Chess Soul, my ability
might not be effective.” Zhou Wen was telling the
truth. Supreme Hell King had Epic strength after all.
Who knew if it would be effective against a
Mythical Chess Soul.

Furthermore, Mt. Chinese Chess was odd. Perhaps

there would be some special taboos. When the time
came, Zhou Wen wouldn’t be able to use two things
at the same time. He couldn’t use sinflames when
dismissing the taboo, nor could he dismiss the
taboo when using sinflames. That would be
troublesome.
“There’s no need for you to fight. Watch me. Let
these Chess Souls know how powerful I am.” The
workings of Li Xuan’s mind was a mystery as he
confidently walked towards the opposite bank.

After Li Xuan crossed the river, he saw the space on

the other side immediately turn odd. It was as
though an ancient power had descended and
enveloped the space on the other side.

Li Xuan calmly sat opposite the Chess Soul and

really began playing with it.

“Is President very good at chess?” Feng Qiuyan

asked in puzzlement.

“I’ve never seen him play before,” Zhou Wen said as

he spread out his hands.
Li Xuan sat opposite the Chess Soul casually as
though he thought nothing of it. As he played chess
with the Chess Soul, he played with his phone.

Zhou Wen glanced at his phone screen and

immediately knew why Li Xuan was so confident.
This fellow had actually used his phone to play a
game of man versus machine at the Grandmaster
level.

He played the Chess Soul’s move against the

Grandmaster-level AI on the phone. Then, he used
the Grandmaster-level AI’s moves against the Chess
Soul.

The facts proved that even a dimensional creature

like a Chess Soul wasn’t as smart as a computer. Li
Xuan actually defeated the Chess Soul.
After a while, the Chess Soul was out of moves and
fell into a deadlock.

Bam!

The Chess Soul’s body exploded and a dimensional

crystal dropped. Unfortunately, it was only a stat
crystal.

“President, your chess skills are amazing. If I had

known, I would have gotten President to do it.
Coach didn’t need to sacrifice so many of his
Companion Beasts.” Feng Qiuyan couldn’t see what
was on Li Xuan’s phone screen from such a
distance, so he thought that Li Xuan’s chess skills
were extremely impressive.

Li Xuan held the stat crystal and walked back. He

said smugly, “How about it? Do you now know that
the title Chess Sage Li isn’t called for nothing?”
“President, you are really talented,” Feng Qiuyan
praised.

“Old Zhou, are you convinced?” Li Xuan asked Zhou

Wen again.

“I think it’s more appropriate to call him

Grandmaster Li,” Zhou Wen said.

Li Xuan laughed. “Indeed, I can’t hide it from you.

However, can’t you pretend not to know and let me
be smug for a while?”

“What’s going on?” Feng Qiuyan asked in

puzzlement.

Li Xuan showed the phone to Feng Qiuyan, who

immediately understood. However, he still praised,
“President, you are really smart. You actually
thought of this move.”

“Of course. Back when I was born, a fortune-teller

said that I had a halo above my head...” Li Xuan was
even more smug.

The few of them continued on their way. Every time

they encountered a Chess Soul, Li Xuan would use
his phone to fight it. Every time, he would defeat
the Chess Souls and even have several dimensional
crystals drop.

Zhou Wen used his phone to look at the stats of the

dimensional crystals and roughly knew that they
were at the Legendary or Epic stage. They weren’t
that strong.

However, as long as they entered the Chess Soul’s

range, the Chinese Chess dimensional zone would
activate. Unless one defeated them in chess, there
was no way to kill them.

Only someone like Zhou Wen who had special

attribute abilities could kill the Chess Soul in an
aberrant situation.

Li Xuan won consecutively as the few of them

slowly passed through the mountainous area.
However, along the way, they didn’t see the elder’s
father. The Chess Souls they encountered didn’t
possess anyone.

Even when they arrived at the mountain village the

elder mentioned, they didn’t encounter his father.

“Grandpa Chen, from the looks of it, your father is

probably no longer around. What are your plans?
We can take you to a nearby city,” Li Xuan asked the
elder as they rested in the village.
“I’m already at this age. There’s no point in going
out. It’s best I stay in this mountain village,” the
elder said after some thought.

“By the way, Grandpa Chen, where’s the Mt.

Chinese Chess you mentioned?” Li Xuan asked
again.

“It’s over there. Follow this mountain path and

you’ll see it. Mt. Chinese Chess is very special. You’ll
recognize it at a glance.” The elder pointed the way.

After Zhou Wen and company bade the elder

farewell, they continued on their way. Along the
way, they encountered a few Chess Souls, but none
of them were a match for the computer. They were
defeated by Li Xuan.
“Is that Mt. Chinese Chess?” Li Xuan pointed ahead.

Zhou Wen and Feng Qiuyan looked over and saw a

strange mountain in front of them. Just as the elder
had said, it was squarish and resembled a
chessboard.

What was even stranger was that there were

sounds of a battle coming from the mountain. It
was as though an army was fighting an intense
battle on Mt. Chinese Chess.

However, Zhou Wen used Truth Listener to observe

the top of Mt. Chinese Chess, but he didn’t discover
any troops. There was only a black-robed Chess Soul
sitting in front of the chessboard.

And above the chessboard was a strange cocoon.

Chapter 952: Black-Robed Chess Soul
There’s actually a Guardian cocoon here? Zhou Wen
was alarmed.

Although there were many Guardian cocoons

scattered across the world, the chances of
encountering one weren’t high. It was considered
lucky that they could encounter one in such an
unknown dimensional zone.

“There’s a Chess Soul and a Guardian cocoon on the

mountain.” Zhou Wen told Li Xuan and Feng Qiuyan
the situation.

Li Xuan’s interest was piqued when he heard that. “I

really get what I want. I was just thinking of getting
a Guardian to play with, but he came knocking on
my door. If you aren’t interested, I’ll contract him
for fun.”
“You have to think it through. Ignoring the
possibility of being contracted, even if it can be
contracted, such a contract doesn’t provide any
guarantees. The Guardian might betray you at any
time.” Zhou Wen explained matters pertaining to
Guardians to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan thought nothing of it. “That’s good. No one

has any restrictions. It’s just like finding a girlfriend.
If we are suitable, we can be together. If we aren’t
suitable, we can break up. You can’t just let the
other person be with you forever regardless of
whether you like them or not. That’s immoral.”

“Alright, as long as you are fine with it.” Zhou Wen

thought for a moment and said, “However, you
have to be careful. The one on the mountain is
probably a Mythical Chess Soul. It’s still a question if
your strategy will work.”
Li Xuan thought for a moment and said, “In fact,
Chinese chess is a relatively simple game. It’s not as
complicated as Go. Even a Grandmaster-level
human at Chinese chess won’t find it easy to beat a
computer at Chinese chess. If that Chess Soul
follows the rules, there’s a high chance of me
winning. I’m just afraid that he has some special
means that can change the game.”

Zhou Wen thought for a moment and said, “How

about this? Don’t go up. I’ll help you play chess. You
will contract the Guardian yourself. If anything
happens, I can handle it myself.”

“Haha, I won’t stand on ceremony then.” Li Xuan

handed his phone to Zhou Wen.
As there was no Internet here, he could only get
Zhou Wen to use his phone which had the Chinese
chess game installed and tell him how to operate it.

“Ya’er, it’s too dangerous up there. Wait for me

here.” Zhou Wen put Ya’er down and got her to stay
at the foot of the mountain while he took Li Xuan’s
phone and went up Mt. Chinese Chess.

Zhou Wen had already made up his mind. If Li Xuan

couldn’t contract it, he would attempt to kill the
Guardian inside the cocoon. It could be considered
as eliminating a future enemy.

The moment he took his first step on Mt. Chinese

Chess, Zhou Wen felt the taboo power descend on
him. Thankfully, the Heaven-Opening Scripture was
effective. The restrictions were useless against him.
Knowing that the Heaven-Opening Scripture was
useful, Zhou Wen felt relieved.

The black-robed Chess Soul sat in front of the

chessboard. His appearance was no different from a
real person. It was almost impossible to tell that he
was a Spirit Body.

The chessboard here was much more exquisite. Not

only was it engraved on the stone platform, but
there were also stone blocks on both sides. After
Zhou Wen sat down on the stone block opposite
him, the black-robed Chess Soul finally opened his
eyes. He looked at him with eyes that resembled
dark abysses and said, “Are you prepared to bet on
your fate as a chess player?”

“I’m ready.” Zhou Wen picked up Li Xuan’s phone

and launched the Chinese chess app. He chose the
highest difficulty level—Special Grandmaster.
As Zhou Wen was the first to move, he relaunched
the game a few times. After he managed to get a
round in which the computer made the first move,
he followed the computer’s choice and chose to
carry out a common opening—moving the Cannon.

The black-robed Chess Soul moved the Horse out

without any change in expression.

Zhou Wen played chess with the black-robed Chess

Soul according to the computer’s moves. The
intensity exceeded his imagination as no winner
could be determined.

Li Xuan also turned nervous when he saw this.

Mythical Chess Souls are indeed extraordinary to be
able to fight a Grandmaster without being at a
disadvantage for so long. Will Zhou Wen be alright?
“Coach can resist dimensional zone rules. Even if he
loses, he will be fine,” Feng Qiuyan said.

“That’s true, but what if...” Li Xuan felt uneasy.

In the end, neither side had the ability to kill the

General. Unless one side made a fatal mistake,
there was no chance of winning.

“Do you agree to a draw for this match?” the black-

robed Chess Soul asked Zhou Wen.

“Alright.” Zhou Wen could tell that the computer

was repeating the previous steps. There was no way
to win.

“Restart,” the black-robed Chess Soul said before

the chess pieces on the chessboard automatically
returned to their starting positions.
“Since it’s a draw, I don’t plan on continuing.” Zhou
Wen got up to leave, but he realized that he
couldn’t leave the stone block.

“Since the game has already begun, we have to

determine the victor,” said the black-robed Chess
Soul.

Zhou Wen didn’t say a word as he continued playing

chess with the black-robed Chess Soul. However,
the few subsequent rounds had neither side
defeating the other’s General. All he could do was
play again and again.

“The situation isn’t looking good. That black-robed

Chess Soul is a little powerful. It can actually play so
many rounds with a Grandmaster-level computer.
Do you think the computer will screw up?” Li Xuan
said.
“The computer isn’t a human brain. It won’t make
mistakes.” Feng Qiuyan also became nervous.

Although the computer’s standard was relatively

stable and probably wouldn’t make any mistakes,
the black-robed Chess Soul was actually able to
keep drawing with the computer. It would be
difficult to tell if something unexpected would
happen.

“The treasure in your hand is rather interesting. It

can actually calculate the various possibilities of
each move and choose the optimal solution,” the
black-robed Chess Soul suddenly said to Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen was alarmed. The black soul Chess Soul’s

intelligence was clearly much higher than the
average Chess Soul. It could actually see through
the problem with the mobile game.
Zhou Wen was somewhat worried if the black-
robed Chess Soul would use any means to prevent
his phone from functioning normally.

However, the black-robed Chess Soul didn’t have

such plans. He looked at Zhou Wen and said
indifferently, “It’s indeed very easy to win that way,
but it’s not a sure win. I’ll win this round.”

Zhou Wen’s heart skipped a beat. In fact, it wasn’t

that the computer wouldn’t lose. Furthermore, this
was only a mobile game. The algorithm and
calculation abilities weren’t especially strong.

The black-robed Chess Soul began another round,

but this time, Zhou Wen could clearly sense that the
aura on the black-robed Chess Soul was different.
The intense confidence and determination to win
were just too shocking.
Zhou Wen continued playing according to the
computer’s moves, but even a chess rookie like
Zhou Wen could sense that the situation was
developing in a disadvantageous direction.

“Not good. This round isn’t good.” Feng Qiuyan,

who had the best chess skills among the three of
them, had already noticed that something was
amiss.

“Prepare to help Old Zhou.” Li Xuan summoned his

carapace and was prepared to fight.

Indeed, the subsequent situation became more and

more disadvantageous for Zhou Wen. Finally, Zhou
Wen’s General had nowhere to go. The word
“victory” appeared in the mobile game. He had
followed the black-robed Chess Soul’s moves and
had actually won against the computer’s Special
Grandmaster.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen switched to the

Heaven-Opening Scripture and prepared to fight the
black-robed Chess Soul.

The black-robed Chess Soul looked up and stared at

Zhou Wen with a strange smile. “You want to
contract the Guardian, right?”

Chapter 953: Don’t Belong Here

Zhou Wen looked at the black-robed Chess Soul in
puzzlement. He had won the game, but he didn’t
immediately use the rules to control his body. He
even asked such a question, so Zhou Wen was
unsure what he was up to.
“I have a companion who wants to contract the
Guardian.” Zhou Wen didn’t say that he was the
one wanting to contract the Guardian.

If the black-robed Chess Soul allowed him to

contract the Guardian for some quirky reason,
wouldn’t it be awkward? Was he to attack or not?

One wouldn’t rush over and kill the person who had
just given you a treasure with a smile, right?

“It’s that one, right?” The black-robed Chess Soul

glanced at Li Xuan.

“Yes.” Zhou Wen nodded.

The black-robed Chess Soul said, “I can give him a

chance to attempt the contract, but there’s a
condition.”
Zhou Wen looked at the black-robed Chess Soul in
shock. This was the first time he knew that the
Guardian Beast could negotiate with others.

This intelligence should be considered above par

among the dimensional creatures on Earth, right?
Zhou Wen thought for a moment and asked,
“What’s the condition?”

The black-robed Chess Soul pondered for a moment

before saying, “If you can’t contract it, you have to
help me destroy the Guardian in the cocoon.”

Zhou Wen was even more alarmed when he heard

that. He never expected the black-robed Chess Soul
to make such a request ahead of time.
“Pardon me for asking, but aren’t you protecting
it?” Zhou Wen asked.

The black-robed Chess Soul didn’t answer. It only

asked Zhou Wen, “You can consider it. If you agree,
you can get your companion to try the contract. If
you don’t agree, you can leave now.”

“Why did you choose us?” Zhou Wen asked again.

“Because you can help, especially you,” the black-

robed Chess Soul answered directly without hiding
anything.

“I need to discuss it with my companions,” Zhou

Wen said after some thought.
“Sure.” The black-robed Chess Soul nodded slightly.
Zhou Wen felt the taboo power on him vanish. He
could stand up from the stone block.

Seeing Zhou Wen return, Li Xuan and Feng Qiuyan

wore looks of curiosity. Li Xuan asked, “Old Zhou,
what’s going on?”

“The black-robed Chess Soul said that he can let us

attempt to contract the Guardian, but there’s a
condition,” Zhou Wen said.

“We can even negotiate?” Li Xuan and Feng Qiuyan

widened their eyes in disbelief.

“I originally thought that it wasn’t possible, but

from the looks of it, I seemed to have had some
misunderstandings in the past.” Zhou Wen now felt
that the relationship between the Guardian Beast
and the Guardian wasn’t as simple as he had
imagined.

“Coach, what are the black-robed Chess Soul’s

conditions?” Feng Qiuyan asked.

Zhou Wen repeated the words of the black-robed

Chess Soul.

Li Xuan and Feng Qiuyan looked at each other after

hearing that. Like Zhou Wen, they found it
unbelievable that such a thing would happen. It had
completely exceeded their imagination.

“If the contracting fails, do we have the ability to kill

the Guardian?” Li Xuan asked Zhou Wen.

“We can give it a try. Since the black-robed Chess

Soul dares to take action, I believe he has some
confidence. If you want to give it a try, go ahead.”
Zhou Wen also wanted to eliminate the Guardian to
prevent another enemy in the future.

“Alright, I’ll give it a try.” Upon hearing Zhou Wen’s

words, Li Xuan no longer hesitated.

After the three of them reached a consensus, they

went up Mt. Chinese Chess and arrived in front of
the black-robed Chess Soul.

“So as long as we agree to help you, we can attempt

contracting the Guardian?” Li Xuan asked.

“That’s right.” The black-robed Chess Soul nodded

slightly.
“Alright, we agree. Can I attempt to contract the
Guardian now?” Li Xuan looked at the black-robed
Chess Soul.

“Anytime.” The black-robed Chess Soul looked very

easygoing. It didn’t request Zhou Wen and company
to make an oath.

In fact, not all dimensional creatures had the ability

to bind people with oaths. It was a very high-level
ability that only a few powerful dimensional
creatures had.

“Then I’ll be going.” As Li Xuan walked towards the

Guardian cocoon, he looked at the black-robed
Chess Soul.

The black-robed Chess Soul sat there leisurely

without any intention of stopping him.
Li Xuan had long understood the method of
contracting a Guardian from Zhou Wen. Without
any hesitation, he cut his finger and dripped a drop
of blood on the Guardian cocoon.

Unfortunately, this Guardian wasn’t interested in Li

Xuan. Li Xuan’s blood flowed down without seeping
into it.

“You don’t know what’s good for you.” Li Xuan

retreated gloomily.

“Both of you can give it a try as well,” the black-

robed Chess Soul said to Zhou Wen and Feng
Qiuyan.

“There’s no need for me,” Zhou Wen said.

“I don’t need to either,” Feng Qiuyan said firmly.

The black-robed Chess Soul was somewhat

surprised. It glanced at them and said, “Since you
can’t contract it, you should fulfill your promise
now.”

“What do you plan on doing? What can we help

with?” Zhou Wen asked.

The black-robed Chess Soul got up and looked at

the Guardian cocoon. He said with a heavy
expression, “This Guardian cocoon shouldn’t be
here.”

Zhou Wen was enlightened. “In that case, you don’t

need to protect it?”
To his surprise, the black-robed Chess Soul shook its
head and said, “My duty is indeed to protect it.
Therefore, before it’s contracted, I can’t injure it
unless something special happens.”

Zhou Wen guessed the special situation the black-

robed Chess Soul mentioned. He looked at the
Guardian cocoon and said, “Let it break out of the
cocoon without a contract?”

The black-robed Chess Soul nodded and said,

“Guardians without a contract are not allowed to
break out of the cocoon. As long as you can help me
break its cocoon and force it out, I can deal with it.”

“In other words, we only need to break the cocoon

of the Guardian and don’t need to participate in the
battle, right?” Zhou Wen thought.
“Of course, if you wish to participate, you can,” said
the black-robed Chess Soul.

Zhou Wen and company looked at each other. They

never expected the black-robed Chess Soul’s
request to be so simple.

“What did you mean by it shouldn’t be here?” Li

Xuan asked.

The black-robed Chess Soul said with a strange

expression, “This explanation is very complicated.
To put it simply, this Guardian and I don’t belong to
this dimensional zone. We appeared here due to
some accident.”

“In that case, you aren’t a Chess Soul?” Zhou Wen

and company looked at the black-robed Chess Soul
in a daze.
“No,” the black-robed Chess Soul answered firmly.

This answer made Zhou Wen and company’s

expressions turn even odder. Li Xuan asked, “You
aren’t a Chinese chess soul? How do you have such
good skills at Chinese chess?”

“All chess souls have similarities. Although I’m not a

Chinese chess soul, I’m a type of chess soul.
Therefore, learning Chinese chess isn’t difficult,”
said the black-robed Chess Soul.

Chapter 954: Strange Chess Game

Translator: CKtalon

Li Xuan asked curiously, “What kind of chess do you

play?”
The black-robed Chess Soul smiled without
answering. “You humans are just too curious. Now
isn’t the time to explain this. You should fulfill your
promise.”

Zhou Wen thought for a moment and said, “Take

Ya’er down the mountain first. If it’s just destroying
the Guardian cocoon. I alone am enough.”

Before Li Xuan and Feng Qiuyan could say a word,

the black-robed Chess Soul said, “It’s useless. Once
the Guardian breaks out of the cocoon, the
surrounding area will be under its control. Let alone
the foot of the mountain, even if you walk another
fifty kilometers, he will still be able to cover the
area with his ability.”

However, Zhou Wen didn’t care. He got Li Xuan and

company to descend the mountain while he stood
in front of the cocoon alone.
As he didn’t know what abilities the Guardian inside
had, Zhou Wen didn’t forcefully tear open the
cocoon. He summoned Explosive Fiend Man and
made it use Time Bomb on the cocoon.

“When I’m far away, I’ll blast open the Guardian

cocoon. It’s best you stay away,” Zhou Wen said as
he descended the mountain and retreated a
distance with Ya’er and company.

At the limit of Explosive Fiend Man’s range, Zhou

Wen ordered Explosive Fiend Man to detonate the
Time Bombs that covered the Guardian cocoon.

Boom!
With an earth-shattering boom, the Guardian
cocoon exploded into pieces as the Guardian inside
appeared.

Guardians were basically in human form. Although

they were somewhat different from real humans,
they weren’t too different. At most, they had wings
or heads that resembled animals.

However, the Guardian that appeared looked

completely different. At first glance, nothing about
it resembled a human.

This Guardian looked like a canine or feline, but its

body wasn’t made of flesh and blood. Its outer shell
appeared metallic, like a kind of mechanical
creature.
The moment this strange Guardian appeared, it
immediately confronted the black-robed Chess
Soul. A powerful aura erupted between the two.

“Is the battle about to begin?” Li Xuan said excitedly

as he looked at the mountaintop.

“It has already begun.” Zhou Wen looked around.

Ever since the Guardian appeared, a certain
nomological force had covered a large area. They
were already far enough from Chess Mountain, but
they were still within the range of influence.

Furthermore, this nomological force was clearly

different from Mt. Chinese Chess’s nomological
forces.

Zhou Wen also focused on the mountaintop. This

battle might be different from ordinary battles.
After all, the power possessed by the Chess Soul
and Guardian was different from ordinary battle-
type Guardians and dimensional creatures.

Just as Zhou Wen was looking forward to the battle

between them, he saw them sit down in front of a
chessboard.

“What the hell! So it’s still a game of chess!” Li Xuan

said in disappointment.

However, what they saw next was somewhat

different from what they had imagined.

The chess pieces on the chessboard automatically

exploded. Even the chessboard was somewhat
different.

Clang!
When a chess piece landed on the board, the three
of them took a look. It was still the familiar Chinese
chess piece with the word ‘Horse’ written on it.

“Quick, dodge!” The moment the chess piece

landed, Zhou Wen felt his heart palpitate. He
suddenly pushed Feng Qiuyan and Li Xuan as he
quickly retreated with Ya’er in his arms.

Boom!

A huge hoof print appeared where they had been

standing, as though some invisible terrifying
creature had landed there.

Thankfully, Zhou Wen had reacted quickly enough.

Otherwise, they would have been flattened.
“What the hell was that?” Li Xuan got up and threw
out a Gu. The Gu charged at the hoof mark, but it
rushed straight through it as though there was
nothing there.

Boom!

Another loud bang sounded. Not far from them, a

hill collapsed as though something heavy had fallen.

Zhou Wen hurriedly looked at the chessboard and

saw that there was an additional chess piece on it. It
was a piece played by the black-robed Chess Soul.

The chess piece was different from the Guardian’s

chess piece. Although it was also a horse, there
were no words written on it. Instead, it was a
statue-like chess piece in the shape of a horse’s
head.
“That piece should be chess from the West District,
right?” Zhou Wen said with an odd expression.

“Probably. Although I’ve never played it before, I’ve

seen others play it before. It should be from the
West District. It’s completely different from the
Chinese chess in the East District.” Li Xuan used
insect eyes to see the chessboard on the mountain.

Boom! Boom!

As the Guardian and the black-robed Chess Soul

kept placing pieces down, the surrounding space
seemed to have invisible giants land, causing the
ground, mountains, and rivers to constantly crack.

As for the Guardian, it seemed to deliberately target

them. Every time it placed a piece, it would cause a
disaster where they were. It made Zhou Wen and
company constantly move to avoid the disasters
that appeared out of nowhere.

“We can’t stay here. We have to get out.” Li Xuan

led the way out.

However, disasters continued to descend. They

were nearly hit several times.

Due to the nomological force, they would probably

be instantly killed if they were struck. No matter
how strong their bodies were, it was useless in front
of laws.

“Get on.” Zhou Wen summoned the Earth

Elemental Beast and got Li Xuan and company to sit
on it before letting it leave by burrowing through
the earth.
However, when the Earth Elemental Beast reached
about fifty kilometers, it couldn’t escape. No matter
how it tried to escape, it kept circling around the
edge.

Zhou Wen used the Heaven-Opening Scripture and

attempted to take a step out. He did exit himself,
but Ya’er was isolated inside. He couldn’t take her
out.

“From the looks of it, everything within a fifty-

kilometer radius has become a chessboard that
corresponds to the game. Wherever the chess piece
lands, it will form a connection with the
corresponding location, causing terrifying
destructive power,” Feng Qiuyan said.

Boom!
Another chess piece landed where they were
standing. Thankfully, Zhou Wen had already seen
the spot where the chess piece landed. He
determined the corresponding spot in reality and
dodged it with them.

I have to deal with that Guardian. Zhou Wen

handed Ya’er to Li Xuan and rode the Earth
Elemental Beast to the side, heading straight for Mt.
Chinese Chess.

He didn’t care about the rules. He wanted to kill the

Guardian.

Perhaps the Guardian’s target was Zhou Wen. The

moment Zhou Wen appeared, its chess piece
landed again. This time, it was a piece with the
word “Cannon.” When it landed, it left a huge blast
crater in the ground.
With the protection of the Heaven-Opening
Scripture, Zhou Wen ignored the laws and pulled
out Light Concealment Sword. With a Sky Slash, he
slashed at the canine robot-like Guardian, hoping to
kill it and end the terrifying game.

Chapter 955: Torch Dragon’s Ferocious Might

Translator: CKtalon

Sky Slash could tear through space and had

astonishing destructive power.

Just as the Sky Slash was about to hit the Guardian,

the Guardian’s body automatically split open like
the disassembly of mechanical components.

Sky Slash slashed past its body, but it failed to injure

it.
The Light Concealment Sword in Zhou Wen’s hand
crisscrossed like lightning, but the Guardian’s body
kept disassembling into components. Wherever the
Sky Slash slashed, it would disassemble into smaller
pieces to dodge the Sky Slash’s power.

Furthermore, every part of its body seemed to

possess intelligence. When it fought Zhou Wen, its
fingers were still tapping down on the chessboard.

Every time it tapped his finger, a new piece would

appear on the chessboard.

However, the position where the chess piece landed

wasn’t where Zhou Wen was, but where Li Xuan
and company were.

Without Zhou Wen’s ability to spy on the

chessboard, they had no idea when a chess piece
would land on them. They had relied on their
intuition and experience to dodge a few times, but
they were already in peril.

Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth, Explosive

Fiend Man, Torch Dragon, and other Companion
Beasts to attack the Guardian.

This move worked as expected. Under the siege of

Zhou Wen’s Mythical Companion Beast line up, the
Guardian, who seemed to be able to infinitely
disassemble, couldn’t withstand the pressure. A
portion of the disassembled parts were shattered
by Tyrant Behemoth’s punch.

However, the shattered components actually

reassembled like nanomachines. This terrifying
Guardian actually managed to withstand the attack
of the Mythical line up.
With the chess piece, Cannon, landing, Feng Qiuyan
and Li Xuan had no time to dodge. Li Xuan pounced
forward and held Ya’er and Feng Qiuyan in front of
him. He supported himself with both hands as an
evil aura on his body flickered. The power of the
carapace Life Soul was pushed to its limits.

Boom!

Under the terrifying strike, the carapace on Li

Xuan’s back shattered. The fragments stabbed into
his body, piercing through his flesh and bones.
Instantly, Li Xuan was covered in blood.

Blood dripped down as Li Xuan continued

supporting himself with both hands. A deep crater
appeared in the surrounding rocks. Ya’er and Feng
Qiuyan were protected by him. Ya’er wasn’t injured,
while Feng Qiuyan was only slightly injured.
“President!” Feng Qiuyan couldn’t help but be
alarmed when he saw Li Xuan’s spine exposed from
the strike. Furthermore, many parts of his body had
torn open.

“Don’t move,” Li Xuan shouted coldly, stopping

Feng Qiuyan from crawling out.

The injuries on his body healed at an extremely fast

speed and the carapace automatically healed.

Boom!

At that moment, there was another loud stomp. A

terrifying force that resembled the hoof of a
pegasus stepped on Li Xuan’s back. Immediately,
blood spewed out of his mouth. Li Xuan, who had
yet to fully recover, suffered serious injuries once
again. His armor shattered and his bones were
almost crushed.
But even so, Li Xuan didn’t die. His injuries and
shattered carapace rapidly healed once more.

Zhou Wen knew that Li Xuan couldn’t last long, but

he had yet to find a way to kill the Guardian. All he
could do was get Tyrant Behemoth to rush over to
provide support.

The Guardian struck Li Xuan again and again, but Li

Xuan managed to survive. Even so, the situation
was only worsening.

Thankfully, Tyrant Behemoth finally rushed over

and protected the three of them under its body,
blocking the terrifying bombardment.

Tyrant Behemoth, who had activated Absolute

Strength, spat out a mouthful of blood after
suffering the strike. It was immediately severely
injured, and its bones fractured.

Zhou Wen knew that it wasn’t because the

Guardian was powerful, but because it had
borrowed the power of Mt. Chinese Chess’s
dimensional zone. Tyrant Behemoth wasn’t only
resisting the Guardian’s power, but also the rules of
Mt. Chinese Chess. This was a truly terrifying power.
No matter how strong a Companion Beast was, it
was difficult for it to withstand the power of an
entire dimensional zone.

Previously, Li Xuan had been able to resist the rules

thanks to his Life Providence. The rules of Mt.
Chinese Chess implied destruction when struck by a
chess piece, but his Life Providence was
indestructible. Furthermore, Li Xuan’s Life Soul was
extremely strange, allowing him to withstand the
strikes of the chess pieces.
If it were anyone else, they might not have been
able to withstand it even with a Mythical body.

Zhou Wen was also attacking the Guardian with all

his might, but the Guardian was as tenacious as Li
Xuan. No matter how many times its body
components were destroyed, they could still be
combined to form new parts even if they were
shattered.

Its entire body seemed to be made of

nanomachines. Unless one could directly vaporize it
or make it disappear into nothingness, it was very
difficult to kill it.

“Die!” Zhou Wen knew that they couldn’t hold on

any longer. He ordered Torch Dragon Youngling to
use Bright Torch Vision World.
The power of the Bright Torch Vision World
immediately sucked in the Guardian’s body, but the
body sucked in seemed to be only a part of its body.

Soon, another nanomachine appeared out of

nowhere and began reconstructing the Guardian’s
body.

“Chess Soul, think of a way to escape.” Zhou Wen

roared at the black-robed Chess Soul before putting
away all the Companion Beasts other than Torch
Dragon. He also wore the Jade Crystal Essence
Armor.

In the next second, Torch Dragon’s body emitted a

bright glow as rows of Torch Dragon Eyes opened.
Like an ancient ferocious god, it simultaneously
activated Bright Torch Vision World.
The black-robed Chess Soul turned pale with fright
when it saw this. Its figure flashed and vanished.

The Guardian’s disintegrated body was rapidly

sucked away by the Bright Torch Vision World. Even
the Mt. Chinese Chess below suffered a terrifying
energy strike as it vanished piece by piece.

The Guardian seemed to realize that it was about to

die. Unable to withstand Torch Dragon’s Bright
Torch Vision World in its World King Transformation
state, the Guardian suddenly made a strange move.
Its remaining components rushed towards the spot
where the Guardian cocoon was.

However, very quickly, under the omnipresent

Bright Torch Vision World, the Guardian’s body was
sucked in. Even half of Mt. Chinese Chess vanished.
The power of the chess game finally vanished. Apart
from the dimensional zone’s nomological powers,
the other powers vanished.

Torch Dragon Youngling landed weakly and was

almost unable to raise its head. Using the World
King Transformation and Bright Torch Vision World
at full strength expended too much of its strength.
Thankfully, it had only lasted for a blink of an eye. If
it had lasted any longer, Torch Dragon Youngling
would have died first.

The black-robed Chess Soul crawled out from

beneath Mt. Chinese Chess and looked at the
mountaintop that had vanished.

“Li Xuan, are you alright?” Zhou Wen didn’t have

the time to bother with the black-robed Chess Soul
as he quickly arrived in front of Li Xuan and
company.
Tyrant Behemoth was covered in injuries and
looked severely injured. It had only suffered two
strikes, but Li Xuan had suffered at least five strikes.

“I’m fine.” Li Xuan crawled out from below as his

body and carapace healed at a speed visible to the
naked eye.

Chapter 956: Defective Guardian

Translator: CKtalon

Just as Li Xuan’s carapace was being repaired, a

strange scene suddenly ensued. Tiny specks of dust
appeared where his carapace shattered. The specks
of dust mixed into the carapace and fused with it,
allowing the carapace to recover faster.

However, the repaired carapace was somewhat

different from the other intact parts of the
carapace. It suffused a strange metallic luster as
though it was mixed with metallic granules.

“This is... That Guardian... What does it want? Don’t

tell me it wants to occupy my body?” Li Xuan was
given a fright.

“It chose to use the drop of blood from before to

contract with you, allowing it to escape death,” the
black-robed Chess Soul floated over and said to Li
Xuan.

“Isn’t it said that a contract needs both parties to

agree? Why don’t I feel anything?” Li Xuan asked
with a frown.

“The Guardian contract naturally requires both

parties to agree. However, under such
circumstances, it no longer has the time to wait for
your agreement. Therefore, it chose a method that
doesn’t require your agreement,” said the black-
robed Chess Soul.

“Isn’t this forcing himself on me?” Li Xuan looked at

the extremely patchy carapace on his body.

The metallic parts looked like patches. It looked

ugly.

The black-robed Chess Soul said with a strange

expression, “Usually, both parties have the right to
terminate a Guardian contract at any time.
However, under the present circumstances, the
Guardian has made a huge sacrifice. Unless you are
willing, it’s impossible for it to terminate the
contract with you. If you die, it dies. It can be said
that you have absolute dominance.”
“It sounds pretty good, but isn’t this a little too
ugly?” Li Xuan still didn’t like the appearance of the
carapace.

“It’s fine. It will continue fusing with your carapace.

In the future, when your carapace is shattered and
reconstructed, everything will become uniform.
Perhaps you can wait a little while longer. It’s still
injured and has little remaining strength. It won’t be
able to fuse completely. After it recovers, even if
your carapace isn’t shattered, it will completely fuse
with it. When that happens, it will contact you,” the
black-robed Chess Soul continued.

“Since it has come to this, it looks like I can’t reject

it. I’ll reluctantly accept it. By the way, what’s the
name of this Guardian?” Li Xuan asked the black-
robed Chess Soul.

“Alpha.” The black-robed Chess Soul said its name.

However, even if he didn’t say it, Alpha would
directly communicate with Li Xuan after it
recovered some energy.

Zhou Wen listened from the side, unsure if he

should congratulate Li Xuan for his good luck or feel
sorry for him.

His Life Soul was problematic to begin with. Now,

he had contracted a heavily injured Guardian.
Furthermore, it was some unknown contract that
allowed the Guardian to fuse with his problematic
Life Soul. He didn’t know what would happen in the
future.

“Thank you for your help. Alpha’s mutation has

exceeded my expectations. If it weren’t for you, I’m
afraid I would have been defeated,” the black-robed
Chess Soul said to Zhou Wen.
“Why did you want to destroy it?” Zhou Wen asked.

The black-robed Chess Soul hesitated for a moment

before saying, “As you know, the place Alpha and I
should preside over should be a dimensional zone in
the West District. Although the two dimensional
zones are both Chinese chess dimensional zones,
the rules are completely different. It was because of
an accident that Alpha and I came here. This
accident was caused by Alpha itself. It had a
problem and lost control. It’s a defective product
that can’t represent our race. In addition, after it
came to Mt. Chinese Chess and absorbed the
powers here, its problems worsened. It’s impossible
for it to represent our race, so I can only choose to
destroy it.”

Zhou Wen’s expression turned even odder when he

heard that. Not only did Li Xuan have a problematic
Life Soul, but he also had a highly problematic
Guardian. Who knew if anything would happen to
him in the future?

“Please accept this. I’ll be heading to the West

District. If you come to the West District in the
future, you can take this to the Black and White
Chess Country’s dimensional zone. I’m willing to
guide you and contract my race’s new Guardian.”
The black-robed Chess Soul handed something to
Zhou Wen.

It was a white chess piece that looked like a King in

international chess.

“I’ll visit when I have the chance, but I can’t

guarantee you that I’ll be contracting the
Guardian.” Zhou Wen accepted the chess piece.

“My race’s Guardian is very compatible with your

attributes. If you can fuse together, you will
definitely be invincible in the present era. I hope
you can consider it carefully. I’ll wait for your
answer in the Black and White Chess Country.” As
the black-robed Chess Soul spoke, it bowed slightly
and left Mt. Chinese Chess.

The group continued on their way and soon left Mt

Chinese Chess’s dimensional zone. Zhou Wen
searched the entire way, but he unfortunately failed
to find the tiny palm symbol.

Zhou Wen didn’t take the black-robed Chess Soul’s

words to heart. The black-robed Chess Soul only
said what he had said because he saw how
powerful his Companion Beasts were. Zhou Wen
was certain that he didn’t even know what
attributes he had or what Essence Energy Art he
cultivated.
Ignoring the fact that Zhou Wen didn’t plan on
contracting a Guardian, even if he really wanted to,
he wouldn’t choose a Guardian of the Black and
White Chess Country.

However, if there was a chance, he could head to

the Black and White Chess Country to take a look.
Perhaps there would be a tiny palm symbol. It
would be nice to download an instance dungeon.

Over the next few days, they didn’t have any

accidents. Occasionally, dimensional creatures
would appear, but their levels weren’t high. They
could be easily dealt with.

However, for some reason, Feng Qiuyan spoke even

less along the way.

Zhou Wen thought that it was because of his

nostalgia for his hometown, but Li Xuan could read
a little of Feng Qiuyan’s mind. However, it wasn’t
convenient for him to say anything.

While having a break one day, Feng Qiuyan

suddenly came to Zhou Wen’s side and asked with a
solemn expression, “Coach, can I ask you a
question?”

“Just ask it directly. Why are you standing on

ceremony with me?” Zhou Wen said with a smile.

Feng Qiuyan looked at Zhou Wen and asked,

“Coach, you don’t plan on contracting a Guardian,
right?”

“Not at the moment,” Zhou Wen answered.

“But if you don’t contract a Guardian, a Perfect

Body Life Soul is already the final destination for
humanity. How do we proceed from there?” Feng
Qiuyan asked.

Zhou Wen couldn’t help but be taken aback. He

didn’t immediately answer. He planned on using the
Lost Immortal Sutra to advance to the Mythical
stage, but Feng Qiuyan had never cultivated the
Lost Immortal Sutra. It seemed impossible for him
to rely on his own strength to advance to the
Mythical stage.

“Currently, humans have confirmed that there are

two ways to advance to the Mythical stage. One is
to fuse with a Guardian and transform oneself like
my teacher, Wang Mingyuan. This way, a human’s
body can break through its limits without the
restrictions of being unable to advance to the
Mythical stage. The other way is to contract with a
Guardian and use the Guardian’s power to advance
to the Mythical stage. However, this advancement
is only the advancement of a Guardian. One’s body
won’t become stronger.” Zhou Wen wasn’t a true
coach, so he couldn’t decide which path Feng
Qiuyan should take.

“Coach, which path are you taking? The first one?”

Feng Qiuyan asked.

“Neither. I want to rely on my own strength to

advance to the Mythical stage. However, this path is
basically a dead end,” Zhou Wen answered.

Chapter 957: Feng and Qin

Translator: CKtalon

Zhou Wen activated his Glimmer Life Soul the entire

journey. When he arrived near Sea Return, the
Glimmer Life Soul had improved significantly, but it
was still lacking a little when it came to advancing to
the Perfect Body.
Every time he rested, Zhou Wen would switch to
cultivating the Qi Refinement Art. He would absorb
Essence Crystals in-game to raise Sword Pill’s
Essence Energy.

As many of the Essence Energy Crystals Zhou Wen

absorbed in-game were at the Mythical stage,
Sword Pill’s Essence Energy increased rapidly. He
could sense that Sword Pill’s Essence Energy had
reached a certain limit and was about to advance
again.

However, Zhou Wen still didn’t understand how

Sword Pill could advance to a Perfect Body.

The last time he advanced to an Evolved Body, Zhou

Wen had cultivated 3,000 sword intents, but it
didn’t seem to be effective this time. From the looks
of it, the key to advancing to a Perfect Body wasn’t
the sword intents.

Since it’s called Sword Pill, it probably has

something to do with swords. Could it be that I
should transform Sword Pill into a sword? Zhou
Wen thought to himself.

Zhou Wen had already considered this problem

previously. He didn’t have a sword he especially
liked. If he needed to turn Sword Pill into a sword,
Zhou Wen planned on using Light Concealment
Sword as its prototype.

However, Sword Pill failed to be molded, nor did it

advance to a Perfect Body.

If it can’t be transformed into a sword, how can I

advance Sword Pill? Zhou Wen considered all sorts
of possibilities and tried many methods, but he still
failed.

When they finally arrived at Sea Return, Feng

Qiuyan invited Zhou Wen and Li Xuan to stay at his
place.

Zhou Wen and Li Xuan didn’t stand on ceremony as

they followed Feng Qiuyan to the Feng family
residence. In fact, there weren’t many places in Sea
Return City that they could stay. If they didn’t go
there, their only choice was Sea Return City’s only
hotel.

There were two famous Feng family branches. One

was in the Imperial Capital, and the other was the
Feng family of Sea Return.

As Sea Return was close to the sea, the break-out

creatures in the nearby sea often appeared ashore,
making the vicinity of Sea Return City very desolate.
There were very few pedestrians on the streets.

When the Feng family saw Feng Qiuyan return, they

were overjoyed. It looked like Feng Qiuyan was very
favored by the Feng family.

Upon hearing that Zhou Wen and Li Xuan were Feng

Qiuyan’s schoolmates, the Feng family was
especially warm to them.

“Little Yanyan, you have quite a high status in your

family. You actually have special guest rooms,” Li
Xuan said as he sized up the room.

Feng Qiuyan said, “As the eldest son and grandson

of the family, I have some privileges, but I’ll be
responsible for the Feng family in the future.”
“Qiuyan, you’re back.” Just as the three of them
were chatting, a beautiful and dignified woman
walked over.

“Sis Ling, I’ve just returned. I originally planned on

visiting you after settling my classmates down.”
Feng Qiuyan chatted with the woman.

“Little Yanyan, why didn’t you introduce such a

beauty to us? Is this your sister? She’s really
beautiful,” Li Xuan praised the woman.

Li Xuan didn’t mean to curry favor, but this woman

was indeed very beautiful. Even Zhou Wen took a
second look.

“This is Qin Ling, Sis Ling. These are my

schoolmates, Zhou Wen and Li Xuan. They helped
me a lot in school,” Feng Qiuyan introduced the
three of them.
Qin Ling was a very polite woman, but at the same
time, she kept an arms-length distance from people
despite looking very gentle. People couldn’t build a
closer relationship with her.

After Qin Ling left, Li Xuan asked Feng Qiuyan,

“Little Yanyan, she isn’t a blood sister, right?”

“How did you know?” Feng Qiuyan was somewhat

surprised.

“Apart from practicing martial arts, you are really an

idiot in other aspects. Her surname is Qin and yours
is Feng. How can she be your blood sister?” Li Xuan
said with a twitch of his lips.
Feng Qiuyan explained, “Then you’re wrong. Our
Feng family has a tradition. The boys have the
surname Feng, but girls have the surname Qin.”

“Why the strange rules? Could it be that your

mother’s surname is Qin? That’s not right either. It’s
impossible for all the women who marry into your
Feng family to have the Qin surname,” Li Xuan said
in puzzlement.

Feng Qiuyan said, “Actually, I’m not too sure about

the reason. I heard from my elders that it seems
that a person with the Qin surname had done our
Feng family a great favor, so to thank him, all the
girls in the Feng family have the Qin surname. This
tradition existed many years before the dimensional
storms and it has been continued to this day.”
After a pause, Feng Qiuyan said in embarrassment,
“However, Qin Ling isn’t my sister. She doesn’t have
any blood ties with our Feng family.”

“Then what’s her relationship with you? There’s

something amiss between the two of you,” Li Xuan
asked nosily.

Feng Qiuyan blushed. “Actually, Sis Ling is my

fiancée.”

“Holy sh*t, you’re only seventeen, right? How do

you have a fiancée? And she’s so beautiful! She
looks much older than you. She should be in her
twenties, right?” Li Xuan widened his eyes.

Feng Qiuyan explained, “Sea Return is actually more

traditional. My father and Sis Ling’s parents are
good friends. This marriage was arranged by our
family.”
“What era is this? To think there are still arranged
marriages... Why didn’t I encounter such a great
deal? Why don’t I have such a beautiful fiancée?
Heaven is unfair!” Li Xuan sighed at his fate.

However, Feng Qiuyan’s expression darkened. “It’s

not what you think. The reason we are engaged is
related to our Life Providences. It’s not an arranged
marriage.”

“Life Providence? I remember that your Life

Providence is Swift Saber Heavenly King. Could it be
that her Life Providence is Swift Saber Heavenly
Queen, making her a match for you? Then you are
so lucky,” Li Xuan said.

“Stop talking. Let Qiuyan finish.” Zhou Wen could

tell that there was something amiss with Feng
Qiuyan’s emotions.
Feng Qiuyan said, “Her Life Providence is Scabbard,
and her Life Soul is the Saber Sacrificer. However,
any saber that lands in her hand will become
stronger. The reason my father made her my
fiancée was because he fancied her Life Providence
and Life Soul, believing they would be of help to
me.”

“Although that’s the case, Qin Ling is so beautiful.

Even if she’s a little older, you can still count
yourself lucky,” Li Xuan consoled.

“Sis Ling is indeed very nice,” Feng Qiuyan said with

a sigh.

Li Xuan was good with reading people as he added,

“But you don’t like her, right?”
“It’s not that I don’t like her. I should say that I’ve
never thought about these things. All I want now is
to become stronger,” Feng Qiuyan said.

“That’s an excuse. If you really liked her, you

wouldn’t have such thoughts. She just hasn’t caught
your eye,” Li Xuan said with a twitch of his lips.

Feng Qiuyan looked out the door and seeing that no

one was there, he lowered his voice and said to
Zhou Wen and Li Xuan, “I’ll tell you something, but
you mustn’t tell anyone else.”

“Don’t worry. Don’t you trust our character? We

definitely won’t tell anyone. Quick, tell me what’s
going on. Could it be that Qin Ling has a boyfriend
outside? It’s no wonder considering how she made
you a cuckold. She’s already in her twenties, so it’s
not too much to have already had a boyfriend,” Li
Xuan said excitedly.

“What are you talking about? Sis Ling isn’t that kind
of person.” Feng Qiuyan hesitated for a moment
before saying, “I think Sis Ling isn’t human.”

Zhou Wen and Li Xuan were taken aback as they

looked at Feng Qiuyan in a daze, unsure what he
meant.

Chapter 958: Electric Power

“No, I don’t understand. What do you mean?” Li
Xuan looked at Feng Qiuyan in puzzlement.

Feng Qiuyan explained, “Because the two families

have a good relationship. When I was young, I often
tagged along behind Sis Ling. Once, I followed Sis
Ling to the nearby coast to have some fun. Back
then, break-out creatures seldom appeared, so the
two of us played by the seaside.”

After some hesitation, Feng Qiuyan continued, “I

vaguely remember a break-out creature rushing out
of the sea and pouncing at us on the beach. It even
had a particularly fishy smell. I turned groggy when I
smelled it, as though I was about to faint. At that
moment, I saw Sis Ling turn extremely terrifying in
my spinning mind as she charged at the break-out
creature. Then, I fainted.”

“When I woke up, I saw Sis Ling beside me, but I

didn’t see any break-out creature. When I
mentioned the break-out creature, Sister Ling wore
a puzzled expression. She asked me if I was too
tired from playing and had a nightmare after falling
asleep,” Feng Qiuyan said with a strange
expression. “But I don’t think it was a dream. It was
just that I didn’t find any traces of the dimensional
creature nearby, so I kept this matter to myself and
didn’t tell anyone.”

“How old were you then?” Li Xuan asked.

“Three years old,” Feng Qiuyan said.

“How old was Qin Ling?” Li Xuan asked again.

“Thirteen,” Feng Qiuyan answered after some

thought.

“It’s very normal for a three-year-old child to have

wild thoughts. Perhaps you had really dreamed it. If
Qin Ling was only thirteen years old, she wouldn’t
have reached the Legendary stage, right? It’s
virtually impossible for her to use a Companion
Beast...” Li Xuan analyzed.
“That I know,” Feng Qiuyan said with a strange
expression.

“If you are really sure that you didn’t see wrongly,
then there’s something wrong with Qin Ling,” Zhou
Wen said.

Feng Qiuyan said, “I can’t be sure if I was dreaming

back then, so I hope you can help me confirm what
happened.”

“How can we help you? We can’t drag Qin Ling over

to beat her up and ask if she can transform into a
monster, right? Even if we dared ask, she won’t
admit it, right?” Li Xuan said.

“I also know that it won’t be easy, but I can only ask

for your help,” Feng Qiuyan said.
“Alright, let’s try our best. We can’t guarantee that
we can get to the bottom of the matter,” Zhou Wen
said after some thought.

Despite being delighted, Feng Qiuyan said to Zhou

Wen, “Coach, I hope this matter can be carried out
secretly. No matter the outcome, don’t let a fourth
person other than us know.”

“I understand.” Zhou Wen agreed.

“Old Zhou, how do you plan on investigating this

matter?” Li Xuan asked Zhou Wen after Feng
Qiuyan settled the two of them in and took them to
meet his elders.

“I don’t know. Let’s wait and see. Didn’t Qiuyan say

that he will arrange for us to interact with Qin Ling?
We’ll think of something when the time comes,”
Zhou Wen said.
“I got a Gu from the South District. If it can be
attached to a person, it can affect their will. Do you
want to give it a try?” Li Xuan said with narrowed
eyes.

“It’s best we don’t. After all, we are guests. It won’t

be nice if the Feng family discovers our actions,”
Zhou Wen said with a shake of his head.

“I’m meeting Hui Haifeng. Do you want to come

with me?” Zhou Wen asked Li Xuan.

“I don’t know him well, so there’s no point. Go

yourself. I’ll take a look around,” Li Xuan said.

After the two of them separated, Zhou Wen took

Ya’er to see the Hui family. The Hui family was a
major family in Sea Return, so he didn’t need to ask
around to quickly find their residence.

Before arriving, Zhou Wen gave Hui Haifeng a call.

Hui Haifeng quickly came to the door to welcome
him.

“I never expected you to come so quickly.” Hui

Haifeng smiled and gave Zhou Wen a hug.

Zhou Wen wasn’t used to such enthusiasm. “The

journey was rather smooth, but the situation in Sea
Return seems to have deteriorated far earlier than
others.”

Hui Haifeng nodded. “It’s indeed terrible. This

month isn’t over yet, but we’ve had two small-scale
marine dimensional creatures hordes come ashore.
Although there weren’t any casualties, it will be
exhausting for us if this happens every month. It’s
very easy for problems to arise. Furthermore, the
strongest marine dimensional creatures that have
come ashore are at the Epic stage, but who knows
when a Mythical dimensional creature will come
ashore. In short, Sea Return City is in a very thorny
situation.”

“Have you thought of migrating inland?” Zhou Wen

asked.

“How can it be that easy to migrate? Ignoring the

fact that we have family and business here in Sea
Return, even if we can abandon these businesses,
how can we find a city willing to share resources
with us elsewhere?” Hui Haifeng led Zhou Wen into
a yard. “Let’s not talk about this. I’ll show you
something good.”
The Hui family residence was huge. In fact, it could
no longer be considered a normal home. It was
more like a base.

They arrived at a place resembling a warehouse. Hui

Haifeng opened the door and pointed inside. “What
do you think of this thing?”

Zhou Wen saw huge machinery inside the

warehouse. There were all sorts of gears and
electronic devices. On the left side of the
warehouse were many devices that resembled
treadmills. Many Companion Beasts were running
on them.

“Companion Beasts can be trained like this?” Zhou

Wen looked at the Companion Beasts in surprise.

“What training? We are using Companion Beasts to

generate electricity. Using the power of the
Companion Beasts to drive the generator, we can
store the electricity produced. Anyway, the
Companion Beasts have nothing to do when not
fighting. This way, we can use their strength and
also give them some training,” Hui Haifeng said.

Zhou Wen had already heard that many places were

powered by Companion Beasts, but this was the
first time he had seen an example of one.

“Is this considered environmentally friendly?” Zhou

Wen said with a smile.

“I don’t know if it’s environmentally friendly, but

Companion Beasts can automatically recover their
stamina without needing external replenishment of
their energy. It’s indeed very convenient,” Hui
Haifeng said as he continued walking into the
warehouse.
When he reached the deepest part of the
warehouse, there was a room that was separated
by glass. Zhou Wen could see many high precision
instruments inside. Many staff members were busy
inside.

After Hui Haifeng and Zhou Wen changed into

special work clothes, they entered the glass room.
Then, Hui Haifeng pointed at something in the
culture tank and said, “Look at this. This is our main
area of research now.”

Zhou Wen looked at the culture tank and saw a

white blob inside. It looked like a white piece of fat,
but it also looked a little like a fungus.

“What’s this?” Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.

Chapter 959: Marine Dimensional Creatures Coming

Ashore
“This is an artificial dimensional creature we are
researching,” Hui Haifeng answered.

“Artificial dimensional creatures? How do you

create them?” Zhou Wen knew nothing about this.

Hui Haifeng explained, “Dimensional creatures are

somewhat different from Earth’s creatures. Earth’s
creatures are basically carbon-based, but
dimensional creatures are different. Although some
dimensional creatures have flesh and blood, carbon
isn’t the building blocks of their bodies. Research
has shown that creatures on Earth are affected by
the dimensional storms. Their bodies undergo some
changes, causing some abnormal elements to
appear in originally carbon-based matter.”

“Therefore, we extracted this element and

attempted to culture and use it. Based on our
present research, this element can rapidly mutate
terran creatures. It’s even possible for them to
mutate into lifeforms similar to dimensional
creatures in a short period of time.” With that said,
Hui Haifeng pointed at the creature in the culture
tank excitedly. “This is the latest result. We used
this element to successfully turn ordinary terran
bacteria into a dimensional creature. Although it’s
only at the most ordinary Mortal stage, this is
already huge progress. In the future, we will
conduct experiments on plants and animals. If
everything goes well, perhaps one day, humans can
become as powerful as dimensional creatures
through the injection of this element.”

“Are there any side effects from injecting this

element?” Zhou Wen asked worriedly.

“We haven’t discovered any side effects. Don’t

worry, we will do rigorous experiments. We won’t
let humans take risks easily.” Hui Haifeng
continued, “Our goal is to let the human race evolve
as a whole. The bodies of humans now are too
weak. In the future, if humans can have powerful
bodies like dimensional creatures and have a Life
Providence and Life Soul at birth, we won’t have to
be afraid of any invasion from dimensional
creatures.”

“It sounds pretty good.” Zhou Wen nodded.

“However, we are still in the early stages. There’s

still a long way to go before the real human trials. I
hope that day won’t come too late,” Hui Haifeng
said.

After leaving the laboratory, the two of them

chatted about their past days in college and their
current situation.
“You are native to Sea Return. Are there any special
dimensional zones you can show me?” Zhou Wen
still wanted to download more dungeons.

Hui Haifeng smiled and said, “If you want to see

special dimensional zones, you’ve really come to
the right place. Although there aren’t many people
in Sea Return, there are quite a number of
dimensional zones. They are on land and in the sea,
but especially in the sea. You definitely won’t be
able to see such places further inland.”

“What’s so special about them?” Zhou Wen was

intrigued.

“There’s too much to tell. Sea God Reef, Undersea

Blue Hole, Infinite Island, and so on are all
extremely mysterious dimensional zones. Very few
humans can enter them. Even the great devils
overseas can only take a detour when they
encounter these dimensional zones.” Hui Haifeng
recounted the famous dimensional zones near Sea
Return to Zhou Wen as if he knew everything.

“Since it’s still early, I’ll head to the nearby Sea God
Reef to take a look,” Zhou Wen said.

“I still have work to do, so I can’t accompany you.

Give me a moment. I’ll find a reliable person to
guide you,” Hui Haifeng said.

“There’s no need to go through so much trouble.

Feng Qiuyan from the Feng family is a member of
our Xuanwen Club. He has also returned. He can be
my guide,” Zhou Wen said.

“Look at me, almost forgetting this matter. It’s best

if Feng Qiuyan goes with you.” Hui Haifeng
pondered for a moment before reminding Zhou
Wen, “Recently, Sea Return hasn’t been peaceful.
There are many more break-out creatures coming
ashore than before. I’m afraid something major will
happen soon. Don’t go too deep. Just take a look at
the coastal areas.”

After bidding Hui Haifeng farewell, Zhou Wen was

just about to contact Li Xuan when he heard
warning sirens in Sea Return City.

The ear-piercing sound echoed in the city. There

weren’t many people on the streets originally, but
suddenly, many people appeared, fleeing towards
the underground bomb shelters.

“What happened?” Zhou Wen got a hold of

someone and asked.

“Marine creatures have come ashore again. Aren’t

you going to take refuge in the bomb shelter?” the
man asked as he hurriedly left.
Therefore, Zhou Wen ran towards the coast. A high
wall made of steel and concrete had been built
around the city’s periphery. The members of Sea
Return’s major families gathered here.

After Zhou Wen went up the high wall, he looked in

the direction of the sea and was somewhat
alarmed.

The waves in the distant sea weren’t huge, but huge

crabs that resembled tanks crawled out of the sea.
There were quite a number of them. Large swarms
of crabs were heading for Sea Return City. The large
crabs at the front of the swarm were less than five
kilometers away from the high wall.

Looking at the black swarm of crabs that resembled

a legion of tanks, Zhou Wen couldn’t help but lick
his lips. He felt his saliva secreting significantly.
Previously, Ouyang Lan had treated him to eat a
meal of crabs. He had heard that they were very
expensive, but they tasted great.

Back then, the crabs were about the size of a plate.

The crabs here were so huge that if cooked, they
would probably be more delicious than what Zhou
Wen had eaten before.

“Which family are you from? Why aren’t you taking

refuge in the bomb shelter? Why are you here?” a
middle-aged man asked when he saw Zhou Wen
sprawled on the tall wall and staring blankly at the
huge crabs on the beach.

“I’m here to help defend the city,” Zhou Wen said.

“Why are you bringing a child here to mess around?
Quickly go back and hide,” the middle-aged man
said as he left to help in the supply transportation.

Boom!

Zhou Wen heard a loud bang. A cannon set up on

the high wall fired. A cannonball mixed with
Essence Gold exploded among the crabs. Amidst the
intense blast, the cannonball fragments scattered in
all directions.

Some of the fragments struck the crabs’ shells, but

they were of limited effect. They only left some
superficial wounds on the shells without leaving any
fatal injuries.

However, a few crabs had their legs injured, causing

their movements to slow down.
Boom! Boom!

The salvo constantly rang out as shells exploded

among the crabs. Zhou Wen could tell that the
bombs weren’t used to kill the giant crabs, but to
blast their legs apart. This way, the crabs could no
longer charge into Sea Return City after losing their
mobility.

However, there were too many huge crabs rushing

out of the sea. The crabs in front had their legs
blasted apart, but the crabs behind them crawled
over them and continued charging towards Sea
Return City.

The bombardment continued, but it didn’t put any

end to the crab horde. When the crabs approached
the city, the members of the few families began
shooting with their guns.
However, their target was the crabs’ legs. They tried
their best to hit the crabs’ joints and make them
lose their mobility.

Capable Legendary and Epic experts summoned

their Companion Beasts and stood guard outside
the high wall. They were in charge of repelling the
large crabs that came close.

Zhou Wen looked for a while and suddenly realized

that there was a huge creature in the sea near the
coast.

Chapter 960: Deep Blue Crab Sovereign

Zhou Wen used Truth Listener to observe carefully
and heard a massive object moving in the sea.
Before he could determine what the behemoth in
the sea was, he suddenly saw the seawater
suddenly rise, forming a huge wave. And within that
wave, a huge, castle-sized, dark-blue crab crawled
out from the sea.

The huge crabs that looked like tanks on the beach

were already huge, but in front of the dark-blue
crab, they looked like baby crabs.

Even the twenty-meter-tall wall appeared much

shorter in front of the huge crab. Its pincers were
terrifyingly large.

Everyone was stunned seeing the giant crab come

out of the sea. Even the Epic experts who were
fighting the crabs had a drastic change in
expression.
Before the giant crab’s legs could walk out of the
sea, it suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out
countless bubbles. The bubbles flew towards Sea
Return City and filled the sky.

Someone shot at the bubbles that flew over. When

the bullet hit a bubble, the bubble that looked light
and thin didn’t burst. Instead, after the bullet
entered the bubble, it immediately floated in the
bubble as though it had escaped gravity.

Some people used sabers or ordered their

Companion Beasts to charge forward and destroy
the bubble, but no matter what it was, it would be
sucked into the bubble the moment it touched it.

Then, the bubbles that had sucked in something

seemed to be pulled into the sky by some force. In
the blink of an eye, they flew hundreds of meters
high and continued rising rapidly, as though they
were about to break through the atmosphere and
enter outer space.

When people saw this scene, they began to dodge

the bubbles in horror. After all, there were very few
humans who knew how to fly. Some Epic humans
couldn’t fly in the air because they didn’t have flying
pets.

If they fell from such a height, they would probably

die a terrible death.

Furthermore, the bubbles rose rapidly. If they really

entered outer space, they would definitely die.

Instantly, the entire defense line of Sea Return City

fell into chaos. Ignoring ordinary people, even Epic
experts began retreating. As for the crab legion, the
effective resistance against them collapsed,
allowing them to rush to the high walls of Sea
Return City. They used their steel-like crab pincers
to strike the high walls, splattering concrete and
cracking steel alike. Before long, the high walls
would be breached.

The air bubbles that filled the sky had already

floated into the city. Seeing that Sea Return City
definitely couldn’t withstand such an attack, Zhou
Wen put on the Jade Crystal Spirit armor and
suddenly flew into the sky, quickly arriving above
the sea.

He held a Golden Harp in his hand as he strummed

it.

Hum!

A strange sound spread out all the bubbles in the

radius of the Golden Harp burst. The crabs that had
either reached the shore or were still in the water
were struck by the terrifying sound wave. They
spewed out water and fell to the ground. About
80% of them died. Those that survived were
severely injured as they struggled to get up.

Zhou Wen deliberately used String Aural Quake

above the sea at a spot relatively far from Sea
Return City. Although String Aural Quake’s power
still affected the city, it was already relatively weak.
It didn’t possess much lethality against humans.

Humans who could fight on the front lines had

some level of cultivation. After being shaken by the
aftershocks, they would at most spit out blood.

After being shaken, the people from Sea Return City

turned to look out. When they saw that the water
bubbles that filled the sky had almost all burst and
that countless crabs had died, they couldn’t help
but be pleasantly surprised.
They looked up and immediately saw Zhou Wen in
the distant sky.

Sea Return City was several kilometers from the

coastline. It wasn’t that they had good eyesight,
allowing them to see Zhou Wen from such a
distance.

It was because Zhou Wen was wearing the mirror-

like Jade Crystal Spirit armor. When the sun shone
on him, he was like a humanoid light source. It was
difficult not to see him.

The might of String Aural Quake isn’t bad.

Unfortunately, it’s too useless. I can only use it
once. Zhou Wen glanced at the Golden Harp in his
hand. A few of the strings had snapped, so he
couldn’t use it again. All he could do was
unsummon it and let it slowly recover.
The giant crab was very close to Zhou Wen. It
staggered and nearly collapsed into the seawater. It
couldn’t help but fly into a rage as it brandished its
huge crab pincers and smashed them at Zhou Wen.

Although it was huge, it wasn’t clumsy at all. The

crab pincer swung in front of Zhou Wen like a gust
of wind.

At that moment, many people in the city were

looking at the airborne Zhou Wen. They were given
a fright when they saw the giant crab move like a
ghost.

Zhou Wen didn’t flinch as he unsheathed his

Bamboo Blade. At the same time, his body rapidly
flashed in Transcendent Flying Immortal form as he
struck out with Sky Slash.
The people in the city only saw the humanoid figure
rapidly flicker around the giant crab like streams of
light crisscrossing. When Zhou Wen stopped again,
the giant crab stopped with its pincers raised in the
air.

Crack! Crack!

The giant crab’s shell suddenly cracked open. The

crab pincers it held up broke into several pieces and
fell into the water, stirring up waves.

Boom!

In the end, even the giant crab’s body crumbled

into a few pieces and fell into the sea. It couldn’t be
more dead.
When the humans in the city saw this scene, they
were momentarily taken aback. They stared blankly
at the gigantic crab’s sorry state and at Zhou Wen,
who was like a human-shaped sun in the sky.

Moments later, everyone finally reacted and

cheered. The joy of escaping death was
incomparable.

Zhou Wen rushed into the sea and vanished from

everyone’s sight.

By the time he returned to Sea Return City, the Jade

Crystal Spirit armor on his body had vanished. He
looked like a young father carrying Ya’er. He wasn’t
conspicuous at all.

However, there was an additional crab tattoo on

Zhou Wen’s body. It was obtained from hatching
the giant crab Companion Egg he had fished out
from the sea.

Deep Blue Crab Sovereign: Mythical

Life Providence: Ocean Overlord

Life Soul: Heart of the Ocean

Wheel of Destiny: Loss of Gravity

Strength: 80

Speed: 71

Constitution: 80

Essence Energy: 79
Talent Skill: Gravity Bubble, Overlord Pincer, Deep
Sea Emperor

Companion Form: Mount

Is it an ocean mount? Not bad. Zhou Wen didn’t

have an underwater mount yet. The Great Might
Vajra Bull was afraid of water. It was fine for it to
walk in a stream, but it was impossible for it to
enter the sea.

The Earth Elemental Beast was of little use in water.

He happened to lack an underwater mount.

However, the Deep Blue Crab Sovereign was too

big. He probably couldn’t use it for tiny streams and
rivers, so he could only use it in the ocean.
From the looks of it, my luck has been pretty good
recently. I obtained such a good Mythical
Companion Beast shortly after coming to Sea
Return. Perhaps this is a lucky place for me, Zhou
Wen thought.

Chapter 961: Sea God Reef

“Why are you still loitering around? What if the
child gets injured? Don’t you know the severity of
the matter? Thankfully, a powerful human expert
killed those giant crabs. Otherwise, if they were to
rush into the city and something happened to the
child, I’d like to see how you explain it to your wife
when you return.” The middle-aged man bumped
Zhou Wen again and reprimanded him.

“I’ll leave now,” Zhou Wen hurriedly said, knowing

that he meant well.

“Stay at home and take care of the child. Children

are our future,” the middle-aged man lectured Zhou
Wen again. Before leaving, he didn’t forget to
remind Zhou Wen to return.

Zhou Wen carried the child and headed for a city

gate in an opposite direction. He still needed to visit
Sea God Reef. His luck today seemed pretty good.
He had a feeling that he might find the tiny palm
symbol.

The Sea God Reef was also known as the Dragon

King Reef by the locals. Every time the tide receded,
one could see a dragon-shaped reef surface above
the sea like a divine dragon undulating over the sea.

Legend had it that the reef was originally formed by

a divine dragon. As there were restrictions in the
world, sea dragons couldn’t go ashore. However,
the divine dragon’s newborn child was caught by a
fisherman during one of its playful escapades.
In order to save its child, the divine dragon ignored
the restrictions and rushed onto land to snatch back
its child. However, because it had violated the
restriction, it turned into a rock before returning to
the sea. It had been left here ever since.

This was originally just a legend. Later, after the

dimensional storms, an area near Sea God Reef
became a dimensional zone. Many terrifying
dimensional creatures appeared inside.

No one had really landed on Sea God Reef to this

day. It was unknown if the Sea God Reef had
transformed back into a divine dragon.

Now, Sea God Reef couldn’t be seen from the

beach. In the shallow sea, there were many shrimp
soldiers and crab generals. They were all powerful
Epic existences. Legend had it that deeper in the
Sea God Reef was the Turtle Minister, a powerful
dimensional creature at the Mythical stage.

Of course, no one dared to enter the deep sea, so

they didn’t know if these legends were true.

There weren’t many people from Sea Return City

who dared enter Sea God Reed. Zhou Wen didn’t
encounter anyone when he arrived.

Before coming, Zhou Wen had contacted Li Xuan,

but his call didn’t connect. The latter was probably
in a dimensional zone.

“Young man, why aren’t you listening to my advice

at all? Why are you running around with a child?”
Zhou Wen had just arrived at the periphery of the
Sea God Reef dimensional zone when he heard a
familiar voice.
He turned his head and saw that it was indeed the
middle-aged man from before.

“Brother, what a coincidence. Why are you here?”

Zhou Wen asked the middle-aged man with a smile.

“The crabs that came ashore this time might be

related to Sea God Reef, so I came to investigate. I
say, what’s wrong with you? You’re already an adult
and even have a child. Why can’t you weigh up the
consequences?” the middle-aged man asked.

“This is my sister,” Zhou Wen explained.

“Then even more reason why you shouldn’t bring

her to such a dangerous place. Your mother is
already so old. How much effort and risk did she
endure to give birth to a daughter? If anything
happens, how are you going to answer your
parents?” The middle-aged man tried his best to
educate Zhou Wen.

Just as Zhou Wen was about to explain, he suddenly

heard a dragon’s roar coming from the sea. The two
of them subconsciously turned their heads and saw
that the dragon’s roar was coming from the
direction of Sea God Reef.

However, as they were still in the area outside the

dimensional zone, the sea was covered in fog. They
couldn’t see anything clearly. They could only find
out by walking in.

“Quickly send your sister back. If you want to take

risks, do it yourself. Don’t joke around with the
child’s safety,” the middle-aged man exhorted Zhou
Wen before running towards Sea God Reef.
“Brother, we don’t know what’s going on inside. It’s
best you don’t enter,” Zhou Wen reminded him out
of goodwill.

“My job is to investigate the nearby dimensional

zones. If there’s any danger, I have to sound the
warning ahead of time. Go back quickly. I have to
figure out what happened here,” the middle-aged
man said as he rushed into the dimensional zone.

Zhou Wen originally didn’t plan on entering and

only wanted to search for the tiny palm symbol
outside. However, seeing that the middle-aged man
wasn’t a bad person, he thought for a moment and
decided to enter. If anything really happened, he
could help him.

In this day and age, there weren’t many people who

were willing to care about others. Zhou Wen really
didn’t want anything to happen to him.
He walked into the fog with Ya’er in his arms. The
fog looked so thick that it couldn’t be dispelled, but
when Zhou Wen walked in, he saw a beautiful
golden beach.

The middle-aged man was standing on the beach,

staring blankly at the sea.

Zhou Wen traced his gaze and his eyes lit up. He
saw a golden divine dragon frolicking in the
seawater. Its scales seemed to be gilded as they
shimmered with a mysterious glow under the
sunlight.

Zhou Wen had his fair share of grand experiences.

He had seen many dragons and had killed some
before. He quickly reacted and hurriedly used Grand
Turtle Aura to converge his aura to the limits to
prevent himself from attracting the golden dragon’s
attention.

The aura on the golden dragon was comparable to

the white dragon Zhou Wen had seen at the bottom
of Dragon’s Well. They were extremely terrifying
existences, so Zhou Wen wasn’t willing to fight it
without understanding its abilities.

The golden dragon didn’t seem to care about the

insect-like humans as it swam in the sea. It seemed
to be in a good mood.

The middle-aged man snapped out of his shock.

Clearly, he knew very well that he was nothing
compared to the golden dragon. He slowly
retreated, hoping to leave the Sea God Reef
dimensional zone.
After taking a few steps back, he saw Zhou Wen
hugging Ya’er. His expression changed immediately.

Zhou Wen hurriedly gestured for him to remain

silent to prevent him from alarming the golden
dragon.

Thankfully, the middle-aged man wasn’t stupid. He

knew that he couldn’t alarm the golden dragon, so
he didn’t plan on speaking. He held back his tirade
on Zhou Wen.

The two of them slowly retreated. They didn’t dare

to retreat too quickly as they moved step by step.

However, not long after, the golden dragon seemed

to sense something and turned to look at Zhou Wen
and company.
The dragon’s golden, crystalline eyes lit up when it
saw them. Then, half its body extended out of the
sea and stared at them.

We’re doomed! The man’s heart trembled. Being

targeted by such a terrifying creature, his chances
of survival were slim.

The golden dragon stared at them for a while

before suddenly raising its head and letting out a
shocking dragon roar.

Accompanying the dragon roar, the originally calm

surface of the sea instantly broke into turmoil.
Then, Zhou Wen and the middle-aged man saw
rows of strange-looking shrimp soldiers and crab
generals rush up the coast.
“Leave quickly...” The middle-aged man pulled Zhou
Wen and turned to rush out of the dimensional
zone.

However, when he turned his head, he saw rows of

shrimp soldiers and crab generals standing behind
them at some point in time. They had long sealed
off their retreat.

Chapter 962: Dragon Palace

Translator: CKtalon

The shrimp soldiers and crab generals looked

terrifying. They stood up upright and were about
two to three meters tall. Their faces were strange,
and the shells on their bodies were in battle armor
form. Their limbs were still as sharp as blades,
giving them a ferocious and terrifying feeling. They
didn’t have the cuteness and charm they had on the
dining table.
However, the shrimp soldiers and crab generals
only blocked their path and didn’t immediately
attack.

More shrimp soldiers and crab generals had already

arrived on the beach. There were thousands of
them. It was unknown how many there were, but
they had already surrounded the trio.

The middle-aged man’s expression was nasty as he

sighed and said to Zhou Wen, “I told you not to take
risks with the child around, but you refused to
listen. There’s no chance of leaving now.”

“They don’t seem to have any animosity towards

us.” Zhou Wen found it odd. Typically, dimensional
creatures would attack humans immediately, but
these shrimp soldiers and crabs were in an orderly
formation without showing any signs of aggression.
“Is there a need for animosity. Just a mouthful of
saliva from each of them can kill us.” The middle-
aged man summoned his Companion Beast and
planned on risking his life. Then, he said to Zhou
Wen, “Although it’s probably impossible for a
chance to appear, escape anytime there’s an
opening once the fight breaks out.”

With that said, the middle-aged man prepared to

charge forward and fight the shrimp soldiers and
crab generals who blocked the way.

However, at that moment, the shrimp soldiers and

crab generals suddenly parted to the side and
opened up a path. A huge, black-armored turtle
that was twenty to thirty meters tall walked over
like a human. It carried a tusk spear.
Looking at the strange humanoid turtle with bulging
muscles and ferocious armor, the middle-aged man
was alarmed. Can it be the legendary Mythical
creature, Turtle Minister?

Clang!

The Turtle Minister walked in front of them step by

step. With every step, it was as though a mountain
was moving horizontally, causing the ground to
tremble. It stabbed the tusk spear on its shoulder
into the ground, and the weight of the spear
immediately stabbed a huge hole in the beach. A
shock wave surged out from the yellow sand beside
it, giving it an extremely powerful aura.

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth. Although he

knew that he was no match for the creature, he
couldn’t just sit idle as death approached. He would
kill whatever he could before dying.
Just as he was about to engage in battle, he
suddenly saw the Turtle Minister kneel down on
one knee respectfully. He bowed at Zhou Wen and
lowered his head as he said in a thunderous voice,
“My lord, my master invites you to enter the sea for
a gathering. I hope you can agree. I’ll be very
grateful.”

The middle-aged man was somewhat

dumbfounded. He stared blankly at the Turtle
Minister who was kneeling on one knee, almost
believing that he was dreaming.

The legendary Mythical creature, Turtle Minister,

actually bowed to the young man and respectfully
addressed him as lord. It was unbelievable.

The middle-aged man looked at Zhou Wen with an

odd expression. He was beginning to suspect that
Zhou Wen was a terrifying dimensional creature
disguised as a human.

“Who’s your master?” Zhou Wen looked in the

direction of the sea, but the golden dragon had
vanished.

“Sir, you have already met my master. Now, my

master is waiting for you in the Dragon Palace,” said
the Turtle Minister.

“Then I’ll meet your master. This person has no ill

intentions towards you. Let him leave,” Zhou Wen
said as he pointed at the middle-aged man.

“We will obey your orders, my lord.” The Turtle

Minister stood up and waved his hand. The shrimp
soldiers blocking the way immediately made way.
“Dimensional creatures are ferocious and ruthless.
It’s best you don’t take risks,” the middle-aged man
said hesitantly.

“It’s fine. It’s just a Dragon Palace. It can’t trap me.

Go back now,” Zhou Wen said.

The middle-aged man wore a strange expression,

but he couldn’t say anything else. He turned around
and headed for the exit of the dimensional zone.

The shrimp soldiers didn’t stop him as expected.

They lined up and welcomed Zhou Wen into the sea
like a procession.

The shrimp soldiers and crab generals lined up on

both sides, parting the seawater. It was as though a
curtain had been lifted, revealing a path that led
deep into the sea.
When the middle-aged man saw Zhou Wen carry
the child into the sea, he gritted his teeth and left
the dimensional zone. When he arrived outside the
dimensional zone, he looked back at the misty
beach and sea. He felt as though he had been
dreaming.

A dimensional creature from myths would actually

kneel to a human youth. I’m afraid no one will
believe me even if I tell them, right? The middle-
aged man even wondered if he had been
hallucinating.

The Turtle Minister led the way as Zhou Wen

walked deep into the sea. The underwater scenery
was gorgeous and mysterious. In the seawater that
resembled a curtain, there were all sorts of sea
creatures wandering everywhere.
He even saw a few beautiful women lying in clams.
They were probably the legendary Clam Fairies.

Zhou Wen had always believed that the sea dragons

lived in the underwater palace. Just like the famous
Crystal Palace was the residence of the East Sea
Dragon King.

However, this dragon king didn’t seem too

particular. When Zhou Wen arrived at the so-called
Dragon Palace, he realized that it was a huge
shipwreck. Zhou Wen didn’t know much about
ships, nor did he know what type of shipwreck it
was. However, from the scale of the ship, Zhou Wen
guessed that it was likely an aircraft carrier—
humanity’s top marine combat unit before the
dimensional storms.
However, after the dimensional storms, the aircraft
carriers, various fleets, and cruise ships had mostly
been sunk by dimensional creatures.

Even if this ship wasn’t an aircraft carrier, it didn’t

look anything like a Dragon Palace.

The sunken ship seemed to be protected by some

force, preventing the seawater from approaching it.
Zhou Wen followed the Turtle Minister to the deck.
The Turtle Minister knelt on one knee again and
lowered his head towards the cabin. “Master, the
lord is here to meet you.”

“My lord, please follow me.” A graceful clam

woman walked over and bowed at Zhou Wen
before extending an inviting gesture.

Zhou Wen followed her into the cabin and quickly

arrived at a relatively large cabin space.
Just as Zhou Wen was wondering how the gigantic
golden dragon entered the cabin, he saw a
voluptuous woman wearing golden armor. She had
dragon horns on her head and golden hair. She sat
on the wide chair opposite him like a queen.

However, the chair didn’t look like the legendary

Dragon King Coral Throne. Instead, it looked like a
chair in front of a human warship’s console.

So that golden dragon is actually female. It can even

take human form! Zhou Wen was somewhat
surprised as he couldn’t help but size up the dragon
queen.

The dragon queen had fair skin, but her irises were
golden. She looked at Zhou Wen and asked, “Are
you the spokesperson of the Ancient Dragons?”
“What Ancient Dragons? I’ve never heard of them,”
Zhou Wen said.

“If you’re not the representative of the Ancient

Dragons, why do you have the keepsake of the
Ancient Dragons?” the dragon queen asked with a
frown.

“A keepsake of the Ancient Dragons?” Zhou Wen

was slightly taken aback before he thought of
something. He took out the dragon tooth pendant
on his neck and said, “Are you talking about this?
This was carved by my teacher using a dragon
tooth. It’s just an ordinary gift, not a keepsake.”

The dragon queen sized up Zhou Wen for a while.

“Since you have the Ancient Dragons’ keepsake, no
matter where you got it from, you are the
representative of the Ancient Dragons. From today
onwards, you are the son-in-law of my Dragon
Palace.”

Chapter 963: Heavenly Happiness Token

Zhou Wen looked at the dragon queen in surprise.
He never expected her to say such a thing even in
his wildest imagination.

He was a pure human, while the dragon queen was

a dimensional creature. They weren’t of the same
species. How could he become the son-in-law of the
Dragon Palace?

Furthermore, Zhou Wen had never thought of

marriage. All he could do was say, “Thank you for
your kindness, but I have no intention of getting
married.”

When the dragon queen heard Zhou Wen’s answer,

her expression immediately turned cold. “You can
only choose one of two choices—die or become the
Dragon Palace’s son-in-law.”

Zhou Wen looked at the dragon queen with an odd

expression and asked, “There are plenty of humans.
If you want to get married, many human men
should be willing. Why must you choose me?”

The dragon queen said with a cold expression, “A

mere human doesn’t even have the right to look at
me.”

“Aren’t I human?” Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.

The dragon queen didn’t answer. She only stared at

him coldly and said, “Answer me immediately. Are
you willing to become the Dragon Palace’s son-in-
law or do you want to die here?”
“Sorry, I don’t plan on getting married.” Zhou Wen
naturally wouldn’t choose to be the Dragon Palace’s
son-in-law. They weren’t of the same species.

The dragon queen immediately turned hostile.

“Take him down.”

With the order issued by the dragon queen, a

shrimp soldier immediately rushed forward and
thrust its shrimp-headed spear at Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen used his movement technique and

rushed towards the cabin’s exit.

The row of shrimp soldiers guarding the exit also

thrust their spears at Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen unsheathed Bamboo Blade and sliced off
the shrimp-headed spear in front of him. Zhou Wen
carried Ya’er to the deck.

The Turtle Minister was standing on the deck. His

previous humble attitude was completely gone. He
carried the huge spear and smashed it at Zhou Wen.

The spear was fast and ferocious. Furthermore, it

was extremely heavy. Zhou Wen guessed that his
Strength probably couldn’t withstand such a
powerful attack, so he could only use his movement
technique to dodge.

The Turtle Minister brandished the spear like a

raging wind sweeping away fallen leaves. His
massive body didn’t show any signs of clumsiness.
Zhou Wen dodged left and right. Although he
dodged the attacks, he was momentarily unable to
shake off the Turtle Minister.
The Turtle Minister is already so ferocious. That
dragon queen must be even more terrifying. Zhou
Wen didn’t panic. He had the ability to teleport and
conceal himself. Even if he couldn’t defeat her, he
could escape.

This fellow is completely different from the Turtle

Prime Minister in myths and legends. He’s
practically a super Berserker! Zhou Wen realized
that the Turtle Minister was becoming more and
more ferocious as the battle progressed.
Furthermore, it was invulnerable. Zhou Wen’s
attacks didn’t pose much of a threat to it, so he
didn’t wish to be entangled with it. He directly
switched to the New Era Life Soul and used his
teleportation ability to rush out of the Dragon
Palace and into the sea.

No matter how ferocious the Turtle Minister was,

he couldn’t catch up to Zhou Wen who had
teleported. After a few teleportations, Zhou Wen
had already left the Turtle Minister in the dust.

Just as he was about to swim out of the sea, he

suddenly saw a golden figure flash. It was the
dragon queen in golden dragon scales. She had a
hot figure, but her fists were even more explosive
than her figure. With a single punch, the seawater
formed a terrifying vortex under her fist, causing
Zhou Wen’s body to involuntarily be sucked
towards her fist.

Zhou Wen hurriedly used teleportation to rush out

of the terrifying fist’s range, but just as he
teleported out, the dragon queen appeared in front
of him. The terrifying fist was about to land on Zhou
Wen.

Zhou Wen had no choice but to teleport again, but

he failed to escape the dragon queen despite
teleporting several times. Every time he teleported,
the dragon queen would appear in front of him.

What was even more terrifying was that Zhou Wen

should have escaped the sea after teleporting so
many times. Yet, instead of arriving at the beach, all
he could see was endless seawater as though he
was still deep in the sea.

“Where we are is known as Deep Blue. No matter

how powerful you are, you won’t be able to escape
the sea. Agree to becoming the Dragon Palace’s
son-in-law and I can still spare you,” the dragon
queen said as she pursued Zhou Wen.

“What do you see in me? I’ll change, alright?” Zhou

Wen said speechlessly.

“Unless you die, you have to become the Dragon

Palace’s son-in-law.” The dragon queen wasn’t
human. She couldn’t hear the sarcasm in Zhou
Wen’s words.

“You are a dragon and I’m a human. We aren’t of

the same species. It’s impossible for us to
copulate,” Zhou Wen said as he dodged. At the
same time, he was thinking of a way to escape.

“Who said I’m copulating with you? I want you to

become the Dragon Palace’s son-in-law by marrying
my sister. She has half a human’s bloodline,” said
the dragon queen.

“Wait, you mean you want me to marry your sister?

But I’ve never seen your sister. Who’s your sister?”
Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback.

The dragon queen stood opposite Zhou Wen and

didn’t continue attacking. She took out a clam and
opened it. Immediately, light shot out from the shell
like a holographic projection. The light condensed
into a woman’s figure.

“Qin Ling!” Zhou Wen cried out when he saw the

woman’s figure.

Without a doubt, that figure was none other than

Qin Ling. It was impossible to mistake it.

“You’ve met her? That’s great. In that case, stay in

the Dragon Palace and wait to marry my sister,”
said the dragon queen.

“Wait!” Zhou Wen extended his hand to stop the

dragon queen who was about to capture him. He
looked at the dragon queen and said, “If your sister
is really Qin Ling, she already has a fiancé and they
have a good relationship. I think even if I were
willing to marry her, she wouldn’t be willing to
marry me. I think you are mistaken. It’s best you ask
your sister first.”

The dragon queen said coldly, “Ordinary humans

aren’t qualified to marry my sister.”

“Your sister’s fiancé isn’t an ordinary human. He’s

very talented and will definitely become a top
expert in the future. He’s far better than me...”
Zhou Wen praised Feng Qiuyun to no end.

However, his words were sincere. Feng Qiuyan’s

talent was indeed unparalleled. Furthermore, he
was very diligent, no less than Zhou Wen.

“It’s useless no matter how outstanding he is.

Without the recognition of the dimension’s rules,
it’s impossible for them to marry,” said the dragon
queen.
“What dimension’s rules? I’m also a human. If he
isn’t acknowledged, I won’t be acknowledged
either, right?” Zhou Wen was even more puzzled.

“You are different. You have already been

acknowledged,” said the dragon queen.

“I’ve been acknowledged? When?” Zhou Wen was

even more puzzled. He didn’t have a seal of
approval on his head, so why did the dragon queen
say that he had been acknowledged?

The dragon queen snorted and said, “You’re still

acting dumb. Do you think I don’t recognize the
Heavenly Happiness Token?”

“Heavenly Happiness Token?” Zhou Wen

immediately realized something as he hurriedly
took out the stone token that Emperor of Shang had
given him. “You mean this?”

Chapter 964: Seven Seas Dragon King

Translator: CKtalon

“That’s right,” said the dragon queen as she nodded

at the stone token.

“If that’s the case, it’s very simple. I can give it to

your sister’s fiancé. That way, they can be
legitimate,” Zhou Wen said.

“The Heavenly Happiness Token has already bound

you. What’s the point of giving it to him?” The
dragon queen snorted coldly.
Holy sh*t, why did Emperor of Shang give me such a
token? I really don’t want to get married. Zhou Wen
was filled with regret. If he had known this would
happen, he wouldn’t have wanted the token.

However, on second thought, Feng Qiuyan’s fiancée

was indeed not human. At the very least, she wasn’t
a pure human. What Feng Qiuyan saw when he was
young probably wasn’t wrong.

“Your Majesty, actually, it doesn’t matter if there’s

a token. I think your sister and my schoolmate, Feng
Qiuyan, are truly in love. Why do you have to
separate them?” Zhou Wen wanted to use words to
move the dragon queen.

On careful thought, this dragon queen was

considered Feng Qiuyan’s sister-in-law. They would
all be family in the future, so fighting her wasn’t a
good idea.
“Without the Heavenly Happiness Token, whatever
you say is useless. If we can’t use the Heavenly
Happiness Token to reverse her fate and break the
taboo, she can only become the concubine of the
Seven Seas Dragon King,” said the dragon queen.

“What Seven Seas Dragon King?” Zhou Wen was

somewhat puzzled when he heard that. He had only
heard of the Four Seas Dragon King. What the hell
was the Seven Seas Dragon King? Why would Qin
Ling become his concubine?

Since the dragon queen needed Zhou Wen’s help,

she had no choice but to patiently explain, “This sea
is called the Seven Dragons Sea. In fact, it’s a huge
dimensional zone. The Sea God Reef is only a tiny
dimensional zone in it. In every dimensional zone
like the Sea God Reef, there’s a dragon monarch.
However, the supreme ruler of the Seven Dragons
Sea is the Seven Seas Dragon King. He’s the
supreme existence that rules over everything in the
Seven Dragons Sea.”

After explaining everything, Zhou Wen finally had a

clearer understanding of the entire matter.

Dragons were extremely lascivious by nature. In

fact, the seven dragon monarch domains in the
Seven Dragons Sea were the harem bases of the
Seven Seas Dragon King. Once a new female dragon
was born, they would be added to the Seven Seas
Dragon King’s harem.

The dragon queen’s father was the Dragon King of

the Sea God Reef, and her mother was also a
dragon. As the Seven Seas Dragon King wanted her
mother for his own, the old Dragon King of the Sea
God Reef fought the Seven Seas Dragon King and
was ultimately killed by him.
Her mother was also severely injured in that battle
and was saved by a human. Later on, for some
reason, her mother and that human had Qin Ling
before she passed away.

The Seven Seas Dragon King didn’t kill them all and
made the dragon queen the dragon monarch of the
Sea God Reef. However, the Seven Seas Dragon King
didn’t do it out of goodwill. He was waiting for the
dragon queen and Qin Ling to grow up. Once they
grew up, they had to become Seven Seas Dragon
King concubines.

“Have you never thought of killing the Seven Seas

Dragon King?” Zhou Wen asked.

“The Seven Seas Dragon King is a Terror-grade

existence. Even if the seven dragon monarchs join
forces, they are no match for him,” the dragon
queen said indifferently.
Terror-grade? Zhou Wen felt his head ache when he
heard that. Banana Fairy’s evolution hadn’t been
completed, so he didn’t have a good solution to
deal with Terror-grade existences.

“Can’t you escape inland with your sister? The

world is so huge. It’s impossible for the Seven Seas
Dragon King to find you, right?” Zhou Wen said
after some thought.

The dragon queen nodded and said, “I think so too.

However, we are limited by the dimensional zones.
It’s impossible for us to leave the sea. I can’t even
leave the dimensional zone. My sister’s partial
human bloodline allows her to leave the
dimensional zone, but she can’t be too far from the
sea. Unless...”
With that said, the dragon queen didn’t continue as
she looked at Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen immediately understood what she meant

and said, “The Heavenly Happiness Token on me
can remove the dimensional zones’ restrictions on
her, right?”

“That’s right. That’s why the person she marries can

only be you. She can use the Heavenly Happiness
Token’s power to escape the dimensional zone’s
restrictions on her,” the dragon queen said.

However, Zhou Wen shook his head and said, “I

only have one Heavenly Happiness Token. Even if I
can save Qin Ling, I can’t save you, right?”

“I’ll handle my own matters. You just need to marry

Qin Ling and take her inland,” the dragon queen
said.
“Impossible.” Zhou Wen shook his head.

“If you don’t do it, you’ll die,” the dragon queen

said with a cold expression.

Zhou Wen looked at the dragon queen and

continued, “It would be okay if I didn’t know about
this, but now that I do, I’ll feel terrible if I watch the
tragedy happen to you and your sister without
doing anything. If you are willing, please let me help
you kill the Seven Seas Dragon King and save your
sister and the entire Seven Dragons Sea.”

Zhou Wen thought to himself that this might be a

good opportunity. He might be able to obtain
immense benefits while the Seven Dragons Sea was
in chaos.
The dragon queen looked at Zhou Wen as though
she was looking at a fool. “Do you know what a
Terror-grade existence is? It’s an existence that can
kill you thousands of times with one finger.”

“Actually, I’ve seen a few of them. They aren’t as

terrifying as you make them out to be. If you
believe me, give me some more time and I’ll
definitely be able to save you.” Zhou Wen thought
about how he could convince the dragon queen to
become his spy in the Seven Dragons Sea.

“Forget about giving you more time; it’s impossible

for a human like you to defeat the Seven Seas
Dragon King. Besides, there’s no time. According to
the dragons’ standards, Qin Ling will be an adult in
six months,” said the dragon queen.

“What about you?” Zhou Wen asked the dragon

queen.
“Less than a month.” The dragon queen hesitated
for a moment before answering Zhou Wen’s
question.

“Less than a month?” Zhou Wen pondered.

It was clearly very difficult to advance to the Terror

stage. Zhou Wen didn’t know if Banana Fairy could
complete her advancement in a month.

“Stop dreaming. There’s only one path for you now.

Marry Qin Ling and take her inland so that the
Seven Seas Dragon King can never find her,” the
dragon queen said.

“If I want to take anyone away, you should be the

one taken away.” Zhou Wen meant that Qin Ling
still had six months, while the dragon queen only
had a month left. He naturally had to rescue her
first. They could still stall for time for Qin Ling to
think of a solution.

However, these words sounded different to the

dragon queen. She looked at Zhou Wen in a daze.

Zhou Wen didn’t think there was anything wrong

with his words, nor did he notice the dragon
queen’s abnormality. He was now thinking that this
might be a huge opportunity.

It was very difficult to kill a Terror-grade

dimensional creature, but with the help of a traitor,
there might still be a chance.

According to the dragon queen, the seven dragon

monarchs of the Seven Dragons Sea probably didn’t
have a good impression of the Seven Seas Dragon
King. They might even hate him to the core. If he
could incite internal strife, he might have a chance
to kill the Seven Seas Dragon King.

It was unrealistic to kill the Seven Seas Dragon King

in its Terror form, but a Terror-grade existence
wasn’t always in a Terror form. If he could take
advantage of it, he might not need to wait for
Banana Fairy to complete her evolution.

“You should have a name, right? How should I

address you?” Zhou Wen asked the dragon queen.

Chapter 965: Miya

“Miya,” the dragon queen answered.

“Miya, taking Qin Ling away actually isn’t a good

idea. The dimensional zones will definitely be lifted
in the future. When the time comes, will the Seven
Seas Dragon King let her off? I’m afraid the hatred
will only deepen when the time comes. If she’s
caught, it will be even worse. The only solution is to
kill the Seven Seas Dragon King. Only then can you
and your sister obtain true liberation,” Zhou Wen
said with a sincere expression. “We can first deal
with the Seven Seas Dragon King. Can you tell me
what kind of dimensional creature the Seven Seas
Dragon King is?”

“Unless I can advance to the Terror grade, there’s

no hope.” Although Miya said that, she still
informed Zhou Wen about the situation with the
Seven Seas Dragon King.

As Miya’s father had once risked his life against the

Seven Seas Dragon King, Miya had personally
witnessed the battle. She knew the abilities of the
Seven Seas Dragon King quite well.
However, even Miya didn’t understand some of the
abilities used by the Seven Seas Dragon King.
Therefore, when she explained them, some of them
were just in narrative form.

According to Miya, the Seven Seas Dragon King

didn’t seem to be a divine dragon in the traditional
sense. It had seven dragon heads and its body was
huge. Every dragon head had unparalleled strength.

Furthermore, as long as one was grabbed by the

Seven Seas Dragon King, it would be difficult for
them to escape.

Back then, Miya’s father’s combat strength was

extremely high. With the accolade as Golden
Dragon King, he was a top-notch existence in the
Seven Dragon Seas thanks to having the strongest
combat strength. The Golden Dragon Body was
almost immortal.
However, after being grabbed by the Seven Seas
Dragon King, the Golden Dragon Body was unable
to withstand the terrifying power. In the end, Miya
watched as her father’s Golden Dragon Body was
devoured by the Seven Seas Dragon King.

“Does every dragon head of the Seven Sea Dragon

King have different attributes? For example, wind,
fire, thunder, lightning, etc?” Zhou Wen thought of
Orochi he had seen before.

“No. The powers of the seven dragon heads are the

same. They can spew out a terrifying liquid. Once
one is touched by the liquid, their bodies will
become immobile. Their only fate is to wait to be
slaughtered,” said Miya.

“What’s its Terror form?” Zhou Wen asked in detail.

“I didn’t see it. When it used the Terror form, the
sea produced huge waves. All I could see were
terrifying dragons tumbling in the waves. I couldn’t
see its full appearance,” Miya answered.

“From what you said, if you are willing to join forces

with me, we might have a chance of killing the
Seven Seas Dragon King. If you can contact the
other six dragon monarchs and get their help, the
chances are even higher,” Zhou Wen said.

“You can’t even defeat me. What makes you think

you can kill the Seven Seas Dragon King?” Although
Miya still retorted, she didn’t say that Zhou Wen
was delusional for some reason.

“Who said I’m not your match? I’m just unwilling to

use my true strength to harm you,” Zhou Wen said.
Miya looked at Zhou Wen and said, “Then show me
your true strength. Unless you really have the
strength to convince me, I definitely won’t let Qin
Ling take such a risk.”

Zhou Wen knew that Miya’s combat strength was

powerful. Her Strength and Constitution seemed to
be in no way inferior to Tyrant Behemoth. It
wouldn’t be easy to defeat her.

Thankfully, Zhou Wen was known as the man with

the most Companion Beasts and they were also of
the highest quality on Earth.

Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth who

landed in front of Miya. He looked at Miya and
asked, “Do you know what this is?”

“Tyrant Behemoth. I’ve seen it on the rankings. So

its owner is you.” Miya was slightly surprised. She
never expected Zhou Wen to have a powerful
Companion Beast like Tyrant Behemoth.

However, although Tyrant Behemoth was powerful,

Miya didn’t believe that she was inferior to Tyrant
Behemoth. Even if Zhou Wen was Tyrant
Behemoth’s master, he definitely didn’t have the
ability to challenge the Seven Seas Dragon King.
Even she and Turtle Minister couldn’t.

“Do you believe me now?” Zhou Wen asked.

“Although Tyrant Behemoth is strong, it might not

be able to defeat me,” said Miya.

“Then, what if we add on these?” Zhou Wen began

summoning his Companion Beasts. He summoned
the three Demon Blood True Dragons, Light
Concealment Sword, and Deep Blue Crab Sovereign.
When Miya saw that Zhou Wen had so many
Mythical Companion Beasts, she couldn’t help but
be alarmed. She began to believe Zhou Wen’s
words.

“No matter how many ordinary Mythical

Companion Beasts there are, it’s impossible for
them to kill the Seven Seas Dragon King. The Terror
grade is an existence on a different level. It’s not
something that can be defeated with numbers
alone,” said Miya.

“It’s not just quantity. There’s also quality.” Zhou

Wen summoned Torch Dragon.

“Torch Dragon!” Miya recognized Torch Dragon at a

glance.
Dragons were probably dimensional creatures with
the most branches. There were almost countless
dragon-type creatures. Some dragons weren’t very
strong, and they couldn’t even reach the Mythical
stage.

However, some dragons were terrifyingly strong

and could even fight Calamity-grade existences.

Torch Dragon was undoubtedly one of the most

terrifying existences among dragon-type creatures.
As a dragon, Miya naturally recognized it.

“Unfortunately, it’s still a youngling. If it can reach

adulthood and transform into its Terror form, it
might really be able to kill the Seven Seas Dragon
King,” said Miya in disappointment after carefully
observing Torch Dragon.
“Even if it’s still young, it’s still Torch Dragon. Its
Bright Torch Vision World should still be of some
use against the Seven Seas Dragon King.
Furthermore, we don’t need to fight it head-on. As
long as you tell me the details of the Seven Seas
Dragon King, I can think of a way to assassinate it
without it transforming into its Terror form...” Zhou
Wen continued persuading Miya.

“It’s too dangerous. There’s almost no chance of

success,” said Miya after some thought.

“As long as you believe me, we can think of a

solution. I’ll rescue you and your sister from the sea
of bitterness...” Zhou Wen knew that it wouldn’t be
easy to make Miya believe him.

After all, they were facing the Terror-grade Seven

Seas Dragon King. However, Zhou Wen needed
Miya’s help, so he could only patiently win her trust.
“What do you want to do?” Miya asked after some
hesitation.

“Do you think we can convince the other six dragon

monarchs?” Zhou Wen asked.

“Absolutely impossible,” answered Miya with

certainty.

“Why? Aren’t they also oppressed by Seven Seas

Dragon Kings? Don’t they want to resist?” Zhou
Wen said in disbelief.

“That’s if you have the ability to resist. Other than

me, the other dragon monarchs won’t risk their
lives to resist,” Miya said with certainty.
“In that case, tell me the situation of the other six
dragon monarchs and their dimensional zones.
Perhaps I can think of a solution.” Zhou Wen
wanted to obtain as much information as possible.

Miya explained the situation in the Seven Dragon

Seas in detail to Zhou Wen, making him sigh at how
good it felt to have a spy providing information. He
didn’t need to go anywhere to understand the
situation in the Seven Dragon Seas clearly.

Chapter 966: Dragon Pearl Companion Egg

Translator: CKtalon

After Zhou Wen figured out the situation in the

Seven Dragons Sea, he realized that they weren’t
proper dragon monarchs.

Miya was already considered the most normal

dragon in the Seven Dragons Sea. According to her,
the dragon monarchs in the other six dimensional
zones didn’t have true dragon forms.

Some looked like crocodiles, some looked like

lobsters, and one looked like a whale. However,
because all of them had some dragon blood in
them, they called themselves dragon monarchs.

That Seven Seas Dragon King shouldn’t be a

purebred dragon king. In Zhou Wen’s impression, a
purebred dragon king had to be like the white
dragon in Dragon’s Well.

If it were any other time, Zhou Wen wouldn’t have

gone to unknown dimensional zones to kill the
dimensional creatures. However, with Miya’s
intelligence, things were different.

As long as Miya’s information was correct, it wasn’t

difficult for Zhou Wen to rush into the dimensional
zones to kill the dragon monarchs. After all, it was
impossible for those single Mythical creatures to be
a match for his divine pet lineup.

“Do you think that if we were to fight the Seven

Seas Dragon King to the death, those dragon
monarchs would help him and become our
enemy?” Zhou Wen slowly got more information
from Miya.

“If the Seven Seas Dragon King summons them,

they wouldn’t dare disobey orders,” said Miya.

“Alright, I’ll get rid of the trouble first. Wait for my

good news in the Dragon Palace,” Zhou Wen said as
he prepared to leave.

“Stop,” Miya called out.

Does that not work? Zhou Wen believed that Miya
had seen through his thoughts.

“You are a human after all. If you walk in the sea,

you will definitely be discovered. Here’s a dragon
pearl. Take it with you. As long as you aren’t close
to a Mythical creature, it will be difficult to discover
you. It also provides a certain level of water
warding.” Miya handed a pearl to Zhou Wen.

“How can I accept this?” Zhou Wen looked at the

bead and was somewhat embarrassed to take it.

He only wanted to use Miya’s intelligence to

achieve his goal of killing monsters. He felt
somewhat embarrassed that Miya would give him
something.
“It’s nothing; you are risking your life for us sisters
after all.” Miya clearly believed that Zhou Wen
really wanted to help them.

Zhou Wen blushed slightly. Although he did wish to

help Miya and Qin Ling, he mostly wanted to use
Miya’s intelligence to kill dimensional creatures to
obtain more resources.

“Ahem, alright then. I’ll take it. I’ll return it to you in

the future.” Zhou Wen took the dragon pearl and
realized that it was a Companion Egg.

“There’s no need to be surprised. This is something

my father left behind after he died. Since you want
to help us sisters, let it aid you. If you have the
ability, you can hatch it and use it to fight the Seven
Seas Dragon King,” said Miya.
Zhou Wen was really embarrassed as a result. Miya
seemed to completely trust him. It made Zhou Wen
feel uneasy that she was willing to give him such a
thing.

He had originally planned on helping as much as he

could. All he needed to do was do his best. If he
really wasn’t a match for him, he could retreat.

However, seeing that Miya seemed to have placed

all her hopes on him, he felt a little uncomfortable
running away if he really couldn’t kill the Seven Seas
Dragon King.

You trust people too easily. If you were to

encounter someone evil in the future, you might
even end up helping them count the money they
received from selling you. Zhou Wen sighed
inwardly and put away the dragon pearl Companion
Egg before leaving the Sea God Reef dimensional
zone.

I should let Feng Qiuyan know about this matter

first. Otherwise, I won’t be able to kill the Seven
Seas Dragon King. Once the Seven Seas Dragon King
takes revenge, I wonder if it will implicate the entire
Feng family because of Qin Ling. Zhou Wen decided
to return to the Feng family first. After telling Feng
Qiuyan about this matter, it wouldn’t be too late to
head to the other six dimensional zones in the
Seven Dragons Sea.

Just as Zhou Wen left Sea God Reef, he bumped

into someone. The person was walking in the
direction of Sea God Reef and was taken aback
when he saw Zhou Wen.
“Are you going to the Dragon Palace?” Zhou Wen
asked her. This person was naturally Qin Ling. She
clearly wanted to go to the Sea God Reef.

“What Dragon Palace? I just want to go to Sea God

Reef to hunt dimensional creatures,” Qin Ling said.

“I’ve met Miya,” Zhou Wen said.

Qin Ling’s expression immediately changed as she

bit her lip and stared at Zhou Wen. “Will you tell
Qiuyan about me?”

“Yes,” Zhou Wen answered with certainty.

Qin Ling’s pupils immediately constricted as she

stared intently at Zhou Wen. A terrifying aura rose
from her body as her originally black pupils turned
golden. Even her skin began to show faint golden
scales. Her strength was clearly nothing like an Epic
being.

She had half a Golden Dragon bloodline. Apart from

the Epic strength of humans, there was an even
more terrifying power hidden in her body.

Zhou Wen didn’t know if a mixed-blood like her

could inherit all the power of the Golden Dragon.
Even if she couldn’t, she was much stronger than an
ordinary human’s body.

“Don’t tell Qiuyan about this,” Qin Ling said through

gritted teeth as she stared at Zhou Wen.

“He has the right to know.” Zhou Wen looked at Qin

Ling without backing down.
The killing intent in Qin Ling’s eyes burned as she
slowly raised her palm. Her nails also turned pale
gold like sharp daggers.

However, in the end, Qin Ling still lowered her hand

and her body gradually returned to her original
human appearance.

“Leave. You can tell Qiuyan that I won’t return.” As

Qin Ling spoke, she turned around and walked
towards the Sea God Reef dimensional zone.

“Would you be willing to give up just like that? Why

don’t you give it a try? Perhaps Feng Qiuyan doesn’t
mind,” Zhou Wen said as he looked at Qin Ling’s
back.

“How can he not mind? I’m not a human, but a

monster. No one can accept a monster like me as
their wife. He suffered a fright back when he saw
my true body during his childhood. Why should I
frighten him a second time?” As Qin Ling spoke, she
charged into the Sea God Reef.

Zhou Wen watched as Qin Ling’s figure vanished

into the fog, only to hear someone sigh nearby. “I
never expected Little Yanyan’s fiancée to really be
nonhuman.”

Li Xuan walked over. He had seen the message Zhou

Wen had left him. He had originally come to look
for Zhou Wen, but he never expected to hear their
conversation.

“You are better with words. I’ll leave this matter of

telling Feng Qiuyan to you,” Zhou Wen said to Li
Xuan.
“I never like to say things that make people sad. It’s
best you say it yourself.” Li Xuan shook his head in
rejection.

“It might not be a bad thing,” Zhou Wen said as he

walked in the direction of the Feng family. Some
things had to be faced eventually. Furthermore,
Zhou Wen felt that Feng Qiuyan was already
mentally prepared.

The two of them returned to the Feng family

residence and found Feng Qiuyan.

“Coach, you were the one who killed the giant crab
at sea, right? Now, all of Sea Return is discussing
your deeds. They want to know who you are...”
Feng Qiuyan said.
“We’ll talk about this in the future. Is there a place
where we can talk in private? I have something to
tell you,” Zhou Wen said.

“Come with me.” Feng Qiuyan quickly took the two

of them to a small building. Then, he looked at Zhou
Wen and said, “Coach, tell me directly.”

“Qin Ling isn’t human. She has half the bloodline of

a dimensional creature,” Zhou Wen said directly.

Chapter 967: Seven Seas Dragon King

“Little Yanyan, you don’t have to be sad. Actually...”
Li Xuan wanted to comfort Feng Qiuyan, but Feng
Qiuyan didn’t show an expression that needed his
comfort.

“What’s the other half of her bloodline?” Feng

Qiuyan asked calmly.
“Sea God Reef’s Golden Dragon King bloodline,”
Zhou Wen answered Feng Qiuyan.

“I see. My memories back then were indeed

correct. I saw strange horns growing from her head
and scales appearing on her body,” Feng Qiuyan
muttered to himself.

“When I returned, I met Qin Ling. She told me to tell

you that she has gone to Sea God Reef and will
never return again.” Zhou Wen conveyed Qin Ling’s
words to Feng Qiuyan.

“That’s good too.” Feng Qiuyan nodded slightly.

Zhou Wen then told Feng Qiuyan the full story

about the Seven Seas Dragon King.
“What’s that Seven Seas Dragon King? I don’t care if
it hoards the monsters in the sea, but it actually
wants to target a human beauty. Damn it, I can’t
tolerate it. Old Zhou, count me in if you want to
take down that Seven Seas Dragon King,” Li Xuan
said.

However, Feng Qiuyan didn’t say a word. He turned

around and left the building, but he didn’t leave the
Feng family residence.

“From the looks of it, Little Yanyan suffered quite a

heavy blow,” Li Xuan said with a sigh.

“People have to suffer some blows to grow. It’s not

a bad thing,” Zhou Wen said thoughtfully.

“I’m just afraid the blow is too great.” Li Xuan shook

his head slightly.
“Don’t be sentimental here. Aren’t you going to kill
the Seven Seas Dragon King? What are you waiting
for? Go and prepare. We are about to set off,” Zhou
Wen said.

“Are we really going?” Li Xuan asked with widened

eyes.

“Didn’t you say that you couldn’t tolerate it?” Zhou

Wen said with a smile.

“I was just responding to the mood back then.

That’s an old Terror-grade monster. Didn’t you say
that only a Terror-grade can kill a Terror-grade. The
two of us aren’t at the Terror-grade. Wouldn’t we
be sending ourselves to our deaths if we went?” Li
Xuan said.
“Enough, we’re just going to deal with the other
ordinary dragon monarchs. We aren’t going to kill
the Seven Seas Dragon King.” Zhou Wen rolled his
eyes at him.

The two of them left the Feng family residence and

headed for the seaside again. When they arrived at
the seaside, Li Xuan looked back and couldn’t help
but feel slightly disappointed when he didn’t see
Feng Qiuyan.

“Let’s go.” In an area without anyone else, Zhou

Wen summoned Deep Blue Crab Sovereign and got
Li Xuan to sit with him.

A gravity bubble appeared around the Deep Blue

Crab Sovereign’s body. A hemispherical bubble was
hooked onto its back, protecting Zhou Wen and
company, preventing them from being hit by the
seawater.
The Deep Blue Crab Sovereign wasn’t slow at all. It
moved in water as though it was flying.
Furthermore, it didn’t walk horizontally. It walked
forward normally like a spider.

The first dimensional zone Zhou Wen planned on

heading to was known as Undersea Blue Hole to
humans. The sea surface appeared to be an
extraordinary blue color. It was very different from
the surrounding seawater, as though it was a blue
hole.

In fact, the seawater there was the same color as

the surrounding seawater. The difference was that
there was a bottomless cave at the bottom of the
sea.

As it was underwater and it was very difficult for

humans to fight underwater for long periods of
time, very few humans entered the Undersea Blue
Hole.

According to Miya’s intelligence, there was a huge

sea snake in the Undersea Blue Hole dimensional
zone. The sea snake was extremely poisonous. As it
had a sliver of a dragon’s bloodline, it also claimed
to be a Sea Dragon King.

In the Undersea Blue Hole, there were a large

number of poisonous sea snakes. The toxicity of
these sea snakes was very intense. Once someone’s
body was injured, the snake venom would enter
their bodies through their wounds. It was doubtful
many humans could withstand it.

Zhou Wen’s Poison stat was very high. Furthermore,

he cultivated a Poison-type Essence Energy Skill, so
he wasn’t afraid of poison.
Li Xuan had an indestructible body and with the
carapace that had fused with Alpha, he probably
could shrug off ordinary sea snakes. He only needed
to be careful against the Sea Dragon King.

However, Zhou Wen had already learned of the Sea

Dragon King’s weakness from Miya. He had brought
Li Xuan here because he wanted to use his strength
to safely finish off the Sea Dragon King.

Although Zhou Wen could handle it himself, it was

relatively more troublesome without help. After all,
reality wasn’t a game. Zhou Wen didn’t wish for any
accidents to happen.

“In a while, after we enter the Undersea Blue Hole,

leave the ordinary sea snakes to me. You don’t have
to worry. When the Sea Dragon King comes out, I’ll
hold it back. Then, you can release the Ice Silkworm
and use it to lower its temperature.” Zhou Wen
explained his plan to Li Xuan.

The Sea Dragon King didn’t have any natural

enemies in the water. The only thing it was afraid of
was the cold. If the temperature was too low, its
body would turn stiff.

Zhou Wen didn’t have any Mythical ice-type pets,

so he could only rely on Li Xuan’s Ice Silkworm.

When he arrived at the entrance of the Undersea

Blue Hole, Zhou Wen looked around and couldn’t
help but feel disappointed when he didn’t find the
tiny palm symbol.

Quite a number of sea snakes had already appeared

near the blue hole. These sea snakes looked rather
odd. Their bodies were flat and looked similar to
fish, but they were more than ten meters long.
Furthermore, their bodies were blue in color. It was
difficult to discover them when they melded into
the environment.

When the sea snakes approached, there was no

need for Zhou Wen to do anything. The Crab
Sovereign brandished its crab pincers and snipped
the sea snakes into two. No sea snakes could
approach them.

After entering the blue hole, a large number of sea

snakes appeared in Zhou Wen and company’s line
of sight. They watched as countless sea snakes
twisted and squirmed in the seawater. The scene
left them shuddering.

Crab Sovereign spewed out a large number of

gravity bubbles. The moment the sea snakes
encountered the gravity bubbles, they were sucked
into them. Then, as though gravity had lost its effect
on them, they floated in the bubbles, unable to rush
out.

There were many sea snakes, but there were even

more gravity bubbles. A large number of sea snakes
were trapped by the gravity bubbles, unable to rush
over.

Suddenly, a blue-scaled, nearly hundred-meter-

long, strange sea snake with a horn on its head
rushed out from the depths of the blue hole. Its
eyes were filled with anger as it stared coldly and
sinisterly at the Crab Sovereign.

“How ugly. That Seven Seas Dragon King sure is

hardcore. To think that he can even lay his hands on
a harem of this quality.” Li Xuan couldn’t help but
criticize when he saw the Sea Dragon King’s
appearance.
“They are dragons. They have different standards of
beauty from us.” Zhou Wen watched the Sea
Dragon King rush over and wasn’t in a rush to
attack. All he did was order the Crab Sovereign to
continue spewing out the gravity bubbles.

“Thankfully, Qin Ling isn’t this fellow’s sister,” Li

Xuan said with a strange expression.

The Sea Dragon King was unbridled as his body tore

through the gravity bubble. He opened his terrifying
snake mouth and was about to swallow both the
humans and crab.

The Crab Sovereign exerted all its strength as it

raised its pincers and clamp down on its jawbone.
However, the Sea Dragon King’s strength was just
too great. It forcefully pressed down the Crab
Sovereign’s pincers. The latter was no match for the
Sea Dragon King.

Zhou Wen summoned Sword Pill which transformed

into a stream of light that stabbed at the Sea
Dragon King’s eyes. At the same time, he signaled Li
Xuan with his eyes.

Without any hesitation, Li Xuan summoned the two

Ice Silkworms. While the Sea Dragon King was
distracted by the Sword Pill, the male and female
Ice Silkworms landed on the Sea Dragon King’s body
from both sides and attached to it like leeches.

Chapter 968: Unexpected Gain

Translator: CKtalon

The two Ice Silkworms stuck to the Sea Dragon

King’s body. The Sea Dragon King immediately
shivered and his actions became unnatural as he
struggled to get the Ice Silkworms off him.

However, the Crab Sovereign held onto its head

tightly. The Sea Dragon King was momentarily
unable to escape, so its body became increasingly
stiff.

What powerful Ice Silkworms. Zhou Wen could see

with his naked eye that frost was spreading on the
Sea Dragon King’s scales. The Sea Dragon King’s
body was turning stiffer.

Before long, the gigantic Sea Dragon King lost its

combat ability. It was as though it was in
hibernation as its body froze.

Indeed, it’s better to have a restraining effect when

killing monsters. Zhou Wen didn’t even need to
attack. As the Sea Dragon King couldn’t retaliate,
the Crab Sovereign finished it off.

The two Ice Silkworms were still stuck to the Sea

Snake King’s body. The blood in the Sea Snake
King’s body had already frozen. After a while, the
Crab Sovereign’s two giant pincers finally split the
Sea Snake King’s body into two, but he only found a
stat crystal.

“How stingy. He didn’t even drop a Companion

Egg,” Li Xuan said gloomily.

“How can Companion Eggs drop so easily?” Zhou

Wen was already used to it. After putting away the
stat crystal, he glanced at the bottomless blue hole
and thought for a moment. “Since we’re here, let’s
go down and take a look.”
The Crab Sovereign led the three of them deeper
into the blue hole. There were many sea snakes
around, but with the Crab Emperor’s gravity bubble
opening up a path for them, no sea snake could
approach them.

“This blue hole is so deep. I’m afraid it’s about to

reach the other side of Earth.” After diving for a
while, the Crab Sovereign still failed to reach the
bottom of the blue hole.

The blue hole seemed bottomless. They had dived

so deep that even the sea snakes didn’t appear
again.

Most of the sea snakes lived in snake caves on the

rock walls, but at this depth, even the snake caves
couldn’t be seen.
“There seems to be something down there?” Li
Xuan leaned on the Crab Sovereign and looked
down as though he had seen something.

Zhou Wen also looked over and indeed, he saw a

swath of crystalline jade-blue below, as though the
crystal cave was glowing.

However, even crystals needed light to show any

reflection. It was naturally impossible for light to
exist in such a deep sea. The glowing crystals were
definitely extraordinary.

As the Crab Sovereign dived deeper, the blue light

gradually became clearer. Only then did the two
realize that it was a thick glacier.

“That’s strange. Isn’t the Sea Dragon King afraid of

the cold? Why would it live in such a cold place?” Li
Xuan asked in puzzlement.
“There must be a reason. Perhaps the secret is in
the glacier. The ice definitely wouldn’t glow by
itself. There might be something inside,” Zhou Wen
said as he sized up the glacier.

“Could it be a snake egg produced by the Sea

Dragon King? If it’s a snake egg, perhaps I can tame
it like a Gu.” Li Xuan reached his hand into the
water and touched the glacier. He was immediately
given a fright. The glacier was extremely cold. Just
touching it nearly froze his fingers.

“The Sea Dragon King is so afraid of the cold, so

how can it lay its eggs here? At such a low
temperature, I don’t think the Sea Dragon King
would dare approach because of the cold, right?”
Zhou Wen ordered the Crab Sovereign to dig the
ice.
The Crab Sovereign was very resistant to cold.
Under Zhou Wen’s orders, it brandished its huge
crab pincers and quickly cracked open the glacier.

More and more ice blocks were dug out as Zhou

Wen and company finally saw what was glowing
with blue light.

“Is that a tooth? The Sea Dragon King’s tooth?” The

thing that emitted blue light from the glacier was a
meter-long blue tooth that looked like it was carved
from ice.

“It’s obviously not.” Zhou Wen got the Crab

Sovereign to grab the tooth. After grabbing it, he
immediately felt a chill from the tooth. Almost
instantly, Zhou Wen’s hands froze.

Clang!
Zhou Wen hurriedly threw the tooth onto the Crab
Sovereign’s back and couldn’t help but be alarmed.
With his physical strength and Essence Energy, ice
immediately formed on him. The coldness emitted
from the tooth was no less than a strike from a
Mythical creature.

“Could this thing be...” Zhou Wen thought of a

possibility.

“What is it?” Li Xuan asked.

“Typical dimensional creatures, even Mythical

creatures, will rot and disintegrate after death. Only
a very small number of corpses can be stored for a
long period of time, but it’s impossible for them to
maintain the strength back when they were alive—
unless it’s the corpse of a Terror-grade creature. A
body in its Terror form can preserve Terror-grade
power. It won’t rot and disintegrate so easily,” Zhou
Wen said.

“In that case, this is a tooth of a Terror form? What

kind of creature is it? It can’t be the Seven Seas
Dragon King’s, right?” Li Xuan said.

Zhou Wen looked at the tooth and said, “It’s not

impossible. The Sea Dragon King is clearly afraid of
the cold, but there’s such a tooth here. I think it’s
unlikely that the Sea Dragon King placed it here.
Perhaps the Seven Seas Dragon King placed it here
to suppress it.”

“Who cares who placed it? Since it’s good stuff, let’s
take it. What do you think this thing is for? Can it be
made into a weapon?” Li Xuan said.

“I don’t know. I don’t know much about the Terror

grade. I just heard that it is the true Mythical stage.
Perhaps the materials obtained from a Terror-grade
creature are useful.” Zhou Wen put on the Dragon
Scale Armor and forcefully threw the ice-blue tooth
into the Chaos Bead.

Although it only took a short period of time, the

dragon scales on his hands had produced a layer of
frost.

He got Crab Sovereign to dig deeper into the glacier,

but it didn’t find anything. This wasn’t unexpected
because other than the tooth, there was no more
glow in the glacier.

Seeing that there was nothing else in the blue hole,

Zhou Wen ordered Crab Sovereign to lead them
out.

“Where are we going next?” Li Xuan asked.

“Let’s go to Evil Dragon Island. I heard from Miya
that there’s a dragon monarch that looks like a
crocodile there. Its defense and combat strength
are extremely shocking. Furthermore, it’s not afraid
of the cold. The Ice Silkworm will be useless this
time, but I’ve already thought of a way to kill it. It
shouldn’t be difficult,” Zhou Wen said as he ordered
Crab Sovereign to head towards Evil Dragon Island.

No human dared to approach such an island. Even

the great devils overseas wouldn’t casually enter
such a place.

Using Miya’s information, Zhou Wen and company

easily found Evil Dragon Island and Dragon King.

It indeed looked like a crocodile, but it wasn’t

completely like a crocodile. Its body was much
longer than a crocodile, and it had horns on its
head. It could barely be considered a dragon.

Miya had explained that the dragon was afraid of

poison. Zhou Wen secretly used the Invisibility
Cloak and stabbed it in the eye. When it opened its
mouth in pain, he threw the poisonous hair formed
from Fatal Temptation into its mouth.

Soon, the Evil Dragon died. There was nothing there

when they tore open its corpse.

“This fellow is even stingier than the previous one,”

Li Xuan said as his eyes suddenly lit up. “Old Zhou,
do you think there’s a tooth here?”

Chapter 969: The Remnants of Terror Creatures

Translator: CKtalon
“No way?” Zhou Wen found it unlikely.

“Let’s search. Who knows?” Li Xuan began

searching the dragon’s lair.

Zhou Wen originally thought that there was no

hope, but to his surprise, Li Xuan found something.

“There really is one. Look here. There’s also the

same ice as the bottom of the blue cave.” Li Xuan’s
voice sounded from inside the dragon lair.

Zhou Wen went over to take a look and indeed, he

realized that there was a thick layer of ice in the
stone cave. There was an ice-blue glow inside.

“That does seem to be the case.” Zhou Wen was

somewhat surprised as he got Crab Sovereign to dig
up the ice layer. At the same time, he said, “If
there’s also the same tooth here, it means this
matter won’t be that simple.”

Li Xuan nodded. “The Sea Dragon King is afraid of

the cold, so it’s possible that the tooth was put
there to suppress it, but this Evil Dragon isn’t afraid
of the cold. There’s no reason to put one here.”

With that said, Li Xuan’s eyes suddenly lit up. “By

the way, didn’t you say that the seven dragon
monarchs are the concubines of the Seven Seas
Dragon King? Do you think this tooth is a token the
Seven Seas Dragon King gave to his concubines?
Something similar to the tooth having the same
authority and presence as the dragon?”

“How would I know? Let’s wait until we dig it out.”

Zhou Wen shook his head helplessly.
Soon, the Crab Sovereign dug out something else. It
wasn’t the tooth they had imagined. Instead, it was
a bone that looked like a rib. However, it had a
broken section. It didn’t look complete.

Although it was a bone, it was similar to the tooth.

They were both ice-blue and crystalline. It was
obvious that they originated from the same
creature.

“The Seven Seas Dragon King probably wouldn’t

remove his rib to use as a love token, right?” Zhou
Wen said as he looked at the rib.

“From the looks of it, the tooth and rib are unlikely
to belong to the Seven Seas Dragon King. However,
apart from the Seven Seas Dragon King, are there
any other Terror-grade creatures in the Seven Seas?
Why are the things from its body in the two dragon
monarchs’ nests?” Li Xuan stroked his chin in
thought.

“We can go to the other dragon monarchs to take a

look. Perhaps there’s something similar in their
lairs. If that’s the case, it will really be interesting,”
Zhou Wen said.

“Why?” Li Xuan asked in puzzlement.

“I heard that deities were born because of

humanity’s fear. Therefore, as long as human fear
remains, deities are immortal existences that will
never die. That’s also the origins for the Terror
grade.”

Zhou Wen paused for a moment before continuing,

“I don’t know if the legend is real or fake, but from
the looks of it, there’s still a terrifying Terror form
power on the tooth and bone. If we can really find
all its bones, do you think it will suddenly revive?”

“Don’t scare me. If we ended up killed after going

through great trouble to find the bones and teeth,
wouldn’t that make us look stupid?” Li Xuan said.

“If there really are more parts in the other dragon

monarchs’ lairs, do you think we should dig them up
or not?” Zhou Wen asked Li Xuan.

“We dig. Of course we have to dig. These Terror

form teeth and bones must be extremely high in
value. If every dragon monarch has some Terror
form item, we just won’t dig them all out. I often
see on television that those devils who want to
revive need to find their bodies. As long as their
bodies aren’t complete, they can’t be revived,” Li
Xuan said with a smile.
“That makes sense.” Zhou Wen didn’t care. At most,
he would put them all into the chaos space.

Even if the owner of the teeth and bones really

revived, they wouldn’t be able to cause any trouble
in the chaos space.

If something major really happened, Zhou Wen

could get the owner of the bones to meet the ice
maiden who was trapped in the Chaos Bead and let
them fight to the death.

Therefore, the two of them went to another few

dimensional zones and avoided some terrifying
taboos along the way. Soon, the two of them killed
two more dragon monarchs. In the end, they really
found something similar at the two dragon
monarchs’ lairs.
They found a crystal-like strand of hair in one lair
and a broken horn in another. They were also cold
and crystalline. It likely originated from the same
creature as the tooth and bone from before.

“Why do I feel like we are villain minions trying to

revive a demon king?” Li Xuan said with an odd
expression.

“How can we be villains? When villains revive a

demon king, they have righteous protagonists who
try their best to stop them. How can there be
villains as successful as us?” Zhou Wen said with a
smile.

“That’s true.” Li Xuan thought for a moment and

asked, “Where are we going next?”

“The closest dimensional zone is the Deathwater

Zone. It will be troublesome there. The seawater in
the Deathwater Zone is affected by the dimensional
zone. Any creature that enters will sink. Even if they
can fly, it’s useless inside. All they can do is
constantly sink. To kill the lobster-like dragon
monarch inside, the greatest obstacle is the
Deathwater Zone itself,” Zhou Wen said.

“You are good at this. Ya’er and I will wait for you
outside,” Li Xuan said.

When they arrived near the Deathwater Zone, Zhou

Wen got Crab Sovereign to stay outside to protect Li
Xuan and Ya’er while he put on his Invisibility Cloak
and entered the Deathwater Zone.

With the protection of the Heaven-Opening

Scripture of the Highest Elder, the Deathwater Zone
prevented Zhou Wen from drowning. At the same
time, Zhou Wen used Grand Turtle Breath to
restrain his vitality.
The lobster-like dragon monarch was blind. It could
only rely on vital aura to determine the location of
other creatures. Zhou Wen’s Grand Turtle Breath
could restrain it.

Not only was the water in the Deathwater Zone not

black, but it was crystalline, like pure water without
any impurities.

There were no dimensional creatures in the water.

Apart from the dragon monarch, ordinary
dimensional creatures didn’t have the ability to
swim in the Deathwater Zone. They were all at the
bottom of the sea.

Ordinary people would quickly sink into the

Deathwater Zone and be eaten by them.
Zhou Wen naturally didn’t have any qualms. He
quickly swam through the Deathwater Zone and
easily passed through it under the cover of the
Invisibility Cloak and Grand Turtle Breath to find the
dragon monarch.

Zhou Wen couldn’t help but be surprised when he

saw the dragon monarch. The dragon monarch was
much more beautiful than he had imagined.

Although it looked like a lobster, its carapace was

crystalline, revealing a mysterious sapphire color.
There were countless shimmering streams of light
inside.

When it stood still, it was like a sapphire art piece

that was illuminated by starlight.
“Miya said that its carapace isn’t only beautiful, but
it’s also hard. If I want to kill it, I have to attack from
the inside.” Zhou Wen turned invisible and
approached the huge lobster. At the same time, he
summoned the Ancient Splitting Tadpole and
stuffed it into its mouth in the form of a grenade.

Boom!

As the Ancient Splitting Tadpole kept exploding, the

lobster’s body kept tumbling. Pieces of flesh spat
out from its mouth, but its carapace remained
intact.

Ding!

With the lobster’s death, a Companion Egg

dropped.
Chapter 970: Galaxy Shell Dragon
Translator: CKtalon

A Companion Egg has finally dropped! Zhou Wen

was delighted as he hurriedly picked it up. Then, he
used the mysterious phone to read its information.

Galaxy Shell Dragon: Mythical

Life Providence: Unbreakable

Life Soul: Astral Array

Wheel of Destiny: Absolute Defense

Strength: 80
Speed: 80

Constitution: 81

Essence Energy: 80

Talent Skill: Deathwater Domain, Dragon Head

Raising, Ghost Armor

Companion Form: Armor

One attribute is actually 81! Zhou Wen was

somewhat surprised. Unless it was some excellent-
grade Mythical Companion Beast, it was impossible
for it to have a stat reach 81 points.

The Galaxy Shell Dragon actually had one stat reach

81. This meant that it had broken through its limits
in a particular aspect. It was considered an
excellent-grade Mythical Companion Beast.

Zhou Wen looked at its stats and abilities and was

very curious about the Absolute Defense ability. He
had previously seen Tyrant Behemoth’s Absolute
Strength amongst the Absolute series for Wheels of
Destiny.

The Wheel of Destiny of the Galaxy Shell Dragon

was very similar to Tyrant Behemoth’s. It was
unknown if it had the same level of might.

There was nothing else to say. It looked like a

defensive Companion Beast. Now that Zhou Wen
had Dragon Scale Armor, he didn’t have much need
for defensive Mythical Companion Beasts.

However, Zhou Wen still hatched it and summoned

it in its armor form. He wanted to see if this pure
defensive Companion Beast armor had higher
defense.

When the armor appeared on Zhou Wen, he

couldn’t help but be surprised.

A translucent blue armor that shimmered with

nebulous starlight appeared on Zhou Wen’s body,
tightly enveloping him. It accentuated his slender
and muscular figure, making him look like a god
surrounded by starlight.

Ignoring its defense, just the appearance of the

armor is far better than the Dragon Scale Armor.
Zhou Wen still remembered about the Terror
creature’s material, so he searched the vicinity
while wearing the armor.

The dimensional creatures at the bottom of the sea

rushed forward. Zhou Wen wanted to test the
strength of the armor, so he didn’t fight back and
allowed them to attack.

The ordinary dimensional creatures couldn’t injure

the armor at all.

From the looks of it, I have to fight a Mythical

creature to know how strong this armor’s defense
is. Zhou Wen searched the vicinity for a while and
indeed found the ice block.

After digging open the ice, he discovered a

damaged scale. Like the materials from before, it
was extremely cold. Zhou Wen stored it in the
chaos space.

After leaving the Deathwater Zone, Li Xuan and

Ya’er were still waiting for him outside. The three of
them continued on their journey.
“I found another scale. All the dragon monarchs
have the same material. I’m wondering if Miya has
something like that,” Zhou Wen said.

“Tooth, bone, hair, horn, and scale. The more I look

at it, the more it looks like we are preparing to
revive a divine dragon. When we gather the other
two materials, can we summon a divine dragon and
make a wish?” Li Xuan teased.

“There’s still the last dragon monarch. After we deal

with this dragon monarch, we’ll go to Miya and ask
her. She might know what these things are for.”

After a pause, Zhou Wen continued, “However, this

dragon monarch is a little troublesome. She seems
to be a mixed-blood with clam and dragon heritage.
She’s known as a Dragon Granny, but she’s actually
a clam lady with some dragon blood. However, her
abilities are somewhat special. She can suck people
into shells and trap them until they die.
Furthermore, I heard that the Seven Seas Dragon
King often lives with her. I’m afraid that we’ll
encounter the Seven Seas Dragon King when we
head there. It will be troublesome when that
happens.”

“Then what should we do?” Li Xuan also knew that

this wasn’t a joke. If they really encountered a
Terror-grade Seven Seas Dragon King, they would
die.

“Infinite Island where Dragon Granny lives is

relatively close to the coast. Let’s head back now.
Later, I’ll secretly sneak up to Infinite Island and
take a look at the situation first.” Zhou Wen didn’t
dare be careless.
“That’s the only way.” Li Xuan nodded as the three
of them returned to the beach.

“Since we have to return, why don’t we go to Miya’s

place and ask her what these materials are for?” Li
Xuan was curious and couldn’t help himself.

“Alright.” Zhou Wen didn’t think that it would waste

much time, so they took a detour to Sea God Reef.

This was the first time Li Xuan had seen the shrimp
soldiers and crab generals. He felt very curious and
said in puzzlement, “That’s strange. Why does
Miya’s place look like the only place that resembles
what a real dragon monarch should have? The
other dragon monarchs are just a haphazard mob.
They don’t look like something a dragon monarch
should have. There aren’t even shrimp soldiers and
crab generals.”
“I find it odd too. Perhaps Miya’s bloodline is really
different. She’s indeed the creature that looks most
like a dragon among the seven dragon monarchs,”
Zhou Wen said.

When the two arrived at the beach, the shrimp

soldiers and crab generals took them to the Dragon
Palace.

In the Dragon Palace, not only did he see Miya, but

he also saw Qin Ling standing beside her.

Li Xuan secretly observed and didn’t see Feng

Qiuyan, so he didn’t mention the matter again. All
he did was greet Qin Ling.
“Why are you back so quickly? Did you encounter
trouble?” Miya didn’t mention Qin Ling and only
asked Zhou Wen in puzzlement.

“We’ve already eliminated five dragon monarchs.

Now, only Dragon Granny remains. We didn’t rashly
head over because we were afraid of encountering
the Seven Seas Dragon King at Dragon Granny’s
place,” Zhou Wen said.

“You actually killed the Galaxy Shell Dragon and the

rest so quickly?” Miya looked at Zhou Wen in
disbelief.

“I did. Furthermore, I discovered something strange

at the Sea Dragon King’s place, so I wanted to ask
you if you know what it is.” Zhou Wen took out the
tooth and placed it on the ground.
The ground in the cabin immediately froze.
Furthermore, the frost was rapidly spreading
throughout the cabin. The coldness in the tooth was
too intense.

“This is... Dragon King’s Tooth?” Miya sized it up for

a while before her expression gradually changed
into surprise.

“Are you saying that this is the tooth of the Seven

Seas Dragon King?” Zhou Wen asked.

Miya shook her head. “It’s not from the Seven Seas
Dragon King. I heard that there was a true dragon in
the Seven Dragons Sea to begin with. After the
Seven Seas Dragon King came, he killed that true
dragon and became ruler of the Seven Dragons Sea.
However, these are only legends. I didn’t believe it
at first, but now that I see this tooth, I believe it a
little. This is clearly a dragon’s tooth after its Terror
transformation. Otherwise, it would be impossible
for it to be preserved. In the entire Seven Dragons
Sea, other than the Seven Seas Dragon King, only a
legendary true dragon can reach the Terror grade.
Furthermore, according to legend, it’s an ice-
elemental true dragon.”

“I see.” Zhou Wen looked at Miya and asked, “We

discovered some items at the other dragon
monarchs’ lairs. Don’t tell me you have something
from the true dragon?”

Miya shook her head and said, “Perhaps, but I’ve

never seen it before. The Dragon Palace in Sea God
Reef wasn’t here originally. During the battle
between my father and the Seven Seas Dragon King,
the original Dragon Palace was destroyed, so I
moved here. If you are interested, I can take you to
the original Dragon Palace.”

Chapter 971: Seven Seas Dragon King Appears

Translator: CKtalon

The original Dragon Palace was now in ruins. There

were broken coral reefs everywhere.

According to Miya, the original Dragon Palace was a

coral palace, but there was no longer anything left.
All that was left was ruins.

Miya didn’t wish to live in this sad place, so she

stayed in the sunken ship.

Zhou Wen got the Crab Sovereign to dig up the

coral reefs to search for the possible ice block. He
never expected to find it, but beneath a coral reef
rock, a blue ice block appeared.
After digging it open, he found a blue crystal that
looked like an eyeball. Miya said that it might be the
Dragon King’s dragon eye.

As Miya didn’t know what these things were for,

Zhou Wen had no choice but to put them away. He
had a nagging feeling that they would be of some
use.

After leaving Sea God Reef, Li Xuan felt that

something was amiss the more he thought about it.
“Old Zhou, I think something’s amiss.”

“What’s wrong?” Zhou Wen asked.

“If that Terror-grade true dragon was really killed by

the Seven Seas Dragon King, why would the Terror
objects on its body be hidden in the seven dragon
monarchs’ lairs? Even if the Seven Seas Dragon King
doesn’t need these materials, there’s no need for
him to go through so much trouble to hide them in
seven different places, right?” Li Xuan said.

“It’s indeed a little strange. Perhaps the seven

dragon monarchs also participated in the battle.
These Terror items might be a reward from the
Seven Seas Dragon King.” Zhou Wen had also
thought of this problem.

“How can these fellows help in a battle at the Terror

grade?” Li Xuan pondered for a moment before his
eyes suddenly lit up. “Do you think the seven
dragon monarchs were subordinates of that ice-
elemental dragon to begin with? In the end, they
betrayed the ice-elemental dragon and pledged
allegiance to the Seven Seas Dragon King. That’s
why they obtained these Terror items as rewards?”
“Possibly.” Zhou Wen felt that it was indeed
possible.

“I still feel that something is amiss.” Li Xuan

continued pondering with a frown.

After returning to Sea Return City, Zhou Wen got

Ya’er to temporarily follow Li Xuan. He planned on
visiting Infinite Island. If the Seven Seas Dragon King
wasn’t there, he could take the opportunity to kill
Dragon Granny.

However, before he went, Zhou Wen sent a

message to The Thearch to ask if the Terror-grade
materials were of any use.

“Where did you get the Terror items?” The Thearch

quickly replied.
Zhou Wen roughly explained the matter regarding
the Seven Dragons Sea before asking The Thearch:
“If we find all the Terror items, will this Terror
creature revive?”

“How can it be that easy to revive one. However,

those Terror items are considered pretty good
materials due to the existence of the power of fear.
It’s useless for you to keep them anyway. Why don’t
you let me experiment with them?” The Thearch
said.

“How is it useless? I still plan on turning these

materials into weapons. Weapons made from
Terror items should be very powerful, right?” Zhou
Wen hurriedly replied.

“Do you think that’s scrap metal? That it can be

made into a weapon just by smelting and refining
them? Different Terror items have different uses. As
you said, those are ice-elemental Terror items. It’s
best used to make a refrigerator to store
experimental items at low temperatures,” The
Thearch said.

Zhou Wen didn’t know if The Thearch was telling

the truth or not. In any case, he definitely wasn’t
willing to use the Terror items to build a
refrigerator.

After chatting with The Thearch for a while, he

didn’t obtain any useful information. Just as Zhou
Wen was about to head to Infinite Island, he
suddenly saw a violent gust of wind on the surface
of the sea. The waves transformed into a huge
tsunami that surged towards the coast. Large
numbers of dimensional creatures rushed onto land
with the tsunami.
Another dimensional creature tide? Zhou Wen was
alarmed as he felt that something was amiss.

This dimensional creature tide was much more

terrifying than the previous crab tide. Many
dimensional creatures in the water found it difficult
to unleash their combat strength on land.

However, this time, the seawater expanded and

rushed towards the land. Many marine creatures
that couldn’t enter the land were also swept
forward.

Could it be that the Seven Seas Dragon King wants

revenge after discovering that the five dragon
monarchs are dead? Zhou Wen was secretly
alarmed.

Sea Return City was the first to bear the brunt of

the attack. The terrifying tsunami even crossed the
high wall and poured into Sea Return City. Shark-
like dimensional creatures could be seen charging
through the city with the waves.

Thankfully, the people who remained in Sea Return

City were all wealthy families. There were no longer
any commoners. Most of them had a certain level of
combat strength, so they didn’t suffer too much
damage.

However, as the tsunami continued to inundate the

city, more and more marine dimensional creatures
swept forward. The situation was extremely bad.

Thankfully, he hadn’t discovered any Mythical

creatures. Zhou Wen estimated that he had killed
most of the Mythical creatures in the Seven
Dragons Sea. There weren’t many Mythical
creatures left.
After putting on the Invisibility Cloak, Zhou Wen
flew towards the sea, hoping to see what power
had triggered the tsunami. Ordinary Mythical
creatures definitely couldn’t produce such a
tsunami. Zhou Wen guessed that the Seven Seas
Dragon King had personally arrived.

Flying far into the air, Zhou Wen didn’t dare

approach the sea. If the Seven Seas Dragon King
was really here, he would still have room to escape.

The tsunami came wave after wave. Soon, Zhou

Wen saw the source of the tsunami. He saw huge
strange dragons stirring up trouble in the sea.

The reason they were called strange dragons was

that although they looked like dragons, they
weren’t completely dragons.
They did have dragon faces, but there were no
scales on their bodies. Instead, they had smooth
skin that looked extremely tight.

Furthermore, Zhou Wen didn’t see any dragon

claws on them. Instead of calling them dragons,
they looked more like snakes, but they didn’t look
like snakes either. There was a strange ring on their
abdomen.

From the looks of it, it’s the Seven Seas Dragon

King. Zhou Wen counted and indeed, there were
seven of them. However, their tails were beneath
the sea, so he couldn’t tell what they looked like.

As Zhou Wen was sizing up the Seven Seas Dragon

King, the Seven Seas Dragon King seemed to notice
Zhou Wen in midair. The strange dragons raised
their heads and looked at the invisible Zhou Wen.
I’ve been discovered! Zhou Wen was alarmed as he
saw the seven strange dragons spew out white
liquid at him.

The liquid was clearly not ordinary water. It was

probably the mucus that Miya mentioned. Once
touched, he would be stuck and rendered
immobile.

Zhou Wen quickly dodged without touching the

white liquid. The Seven Seas Dragon King was
enraged when he saw this. His body rose out of the
water as though he wanted to rush out of the sea to
attack Zhou Wen.

As the Seven Seas Dragon King’s body rose up, the

seawater surged to the sides. Zhou Wen finally saw
the lower half of the Seven Seas Dragon King and
his expression turned odd.
Chapter 972: Mysterious Person
Translator: CKtalon

How was that a dragon? It was a huge octopus

monster. The seven strange dragons were its seven
tentacles.

However, it was different from ordinary octopuses.

Its tentacles had a dragon head growing at the tip,
as well as eyes, ears, tongue, and nose. It looked
both like an octopus and a dragon. It looked
extremely strange and evil.

The enraged Seven Seas Dragon King revealed most

of its body. Its strange dragon-like tentacles spewed
out white liquid into the air, hoping to strike Zhou
Wen down.
Although it was very fast, Zhou Wen wasn’t slow
either. Furthermore, he was very far from the sea,
preventing the Seven Seas Dragon King from
touching him.

Realizing that he couldn’t hit Zhou Wen, the Seven

Seas Dragon King suddenly stopped and retracted
his seven tentacles.

When Zhou Wen saw the Seven Seas Dragon King’s

pose, he found it baffling. Its current appearance
was like a sitting Buddha. Its seven tentacles curved
into a motionless pose, like a Buddha’s hand that
was forming seals.

Zhou Wen could even vaguely hear the chanting of

scriptures coming from the Seven Seas Dragon King.
With the strange chanting, the Seven Seas Dragon
King’s entire body seemed to fall into a fog,
preventing others from seeing clearly.

Not good! Zhou Wen felt that something was amiss.

He wanted to escape, but it was too late.

Boundless fog rose around him as though the entire

world was enveloped by fog. Furthermore, the
chanting continued.

An illusion? A mental attack? Or is it some special

power? Zhou Wen couldn’t be sure what power the
Seven Seas Dragon King was using, but without a
doubt, it was a power at the Terror grade.

Zhou Wen used teleportation to teleport out of the

fog, but just as he teleported out, he realized that
not only was he unable to teleport out of the fog,
but he ended up being delivered to right in front of
the Seven Seas Dragon King. The Seven Seas Dragon
King swallowed Zhou Wen who was beside its
mouth.

Zhou Wen felt a terrifying suction force pull his

body towards the Seven Seas Dragon King’s
stomach.

Zhou Wen wanted to teleport again, but he realized

that this place seemed to be a sealed space. He
couldn’t teleport out.

Plop!

Zhou Wen’s body fell into the white liquid. In an

instant, the Dragon Scale Armor he wore was stuck
to the white liquid. No matter how hard he
struggled, he couldn’t escape. Soon, his entire body
sank into the white liquid.
After the Seven Seas Dragon King devoured Zhou
Wen, it sank into the sea in satisfaction and quickly
vanished.

As the Seven Seas Dragon King vanished, the

tsunami gradually subsided. The dimensional
creatures that rushed to the coast gradually
decreased.

Zhou Wen fell into the white liquid and used many
methods, but he couldn’t escape no matter what.
Furthermore, he realized that his Dragon Scale
Armor was being assimilated by the white liquid. A
portion of it had already turned into white liquid.

Even the Mythical Dragon Scale Armor couldn’t

withstand the corrosion of the white liquid. Just the
thought of the white liquid stuck to his flesh made
him shudder.
What should I do? Should I release the ice maiden?
Zhou Wen thought of this idea, but he didn’t
immediately take action.

The ice maiden was a double-edged sword. Letting

her out had pros and cons. If it wasn’t a last resort,
Zhou Wen didn’t want to take that step.

He switched to a few more Essence Energy Arts, but

they were useless. The Dragon Scale Armor was
about to be penetrated.

Zhou Wen summoned the Chaos Egg with the

intention of giving it a try.

However, he didn’t have much hope for the Chaos

Egg. After all, even the Mythical Dragon Scale Armor
couldn’t withstand the white liquid, while the Chaos
Egg was only an Epic Life Soul.

However, to Zhou Wen’s surprise, when the Chaos

Egg enveloped his body, the white liquid failed to
corrode it like the Dragon Scale Armor.

Zhou Wen couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief

when he saw that the Chaos Egg could ward off the
white liquid.

I never expected the Chaos Egg to be so magical.

Although it doesn’t have any offensive power, its
defense is rather good. Zhou Wen hid inside the
Chaos Egg and used Truth Listener’s ability to pay
attention to the commotion outside.

The Seven Seas Dragon King was advancing in the

sea. From the direction it was heading in, it wasn’t
Infinite Island where Dragon Granny was. He didn’t
know where he was going.

The Chaos Egg’s defense is impressive, but it can’t

move and doesn’t have any offensive strength. How
can I escape from here? Zhou Wen thought about it
but couldn’t think of a good solution.

Not long after, the Seven Seas Dragon King stopped

somewhere. Zhou Wen listened attentively and
took in the situation outside. He realized that he
was beside a huge rift at the bottom of the sea.

Without any hesitation, the Seven Seas Dragon King

entered the underwater rift and entered a place
that resembled an abyss.

In the abyss, Truth Listener’s ability couldn’t extend

far. It could only hear the nearby situation. After a
while, the Seven Seas Dragon King arrived in front
of a palace.

This octopus sure knows how to enjoy itself. It

actually has such a gorgeous palace in such a place,
Zhou Wen thought.

However, Zhou Wen soon felt that something was

amiss. When the Seven Seas Dragon King arrived in
front of the palace, it made a strange gesture as
though it was bowing.

“Come in.” A human voice sounded from the

palace.

How can there be humans in such a place? It can’t

be a human, right? Zhou Wen was alarmed.
The Seven Seas Dragon King entered the palace. At
the same time, Zhou Wen heard the situation
inside. There was really a human inside.

The human wore black armor as he sat high on a

throne, looking like an emperor.

After the Seven Seas Dragon King entered the

palace, he prostrated himself as though he was
expressing his humility to the human.

“Has it all been resolved?” the man asked casually.

The Seven Seas Dragon King couldn’t speak. All he

could do was nod with all his might. Even the
dragon heads at the tip of his tentacles nodded.

“That’s good. After spending so much time

planning, I’ve finally created a mixed-blood
Dracotaur. How can I let her escape my control?”
the man said indifferently.

Who is this person? Zhou Wen was alarmed.

Zhou Wen was very certain that the man was

definitely a human and had likely contracted a
Guardian. However, even so, it was unbelievable
that an existence like the Seven Seas Dragon King
would humbly serve him.

The Seven Seas Dragon King nodded repeatedly as

though he agreed with the man.

The man didn’t seem willing to communicate with

the Seven Seas Dragon King who couldn’t speak. He
waved his hand and made the Seven Seas Dragon
King retreat to the side. As for him, he sat there,
fiddling with something in his hand.
Zhou Wen couldn’t help but be taken aback when
he saw the item. It was a blue dragon pearl that
resembled an ice crystal. It emitted a cold aura that
was very similar to the Terror items he had
previously obtained.

Chapter 973: Dracotaur Bloodline

Translator: CKtalon

At this moment, a clam maiden walked into the

palace and bowed to the man. “Master, everything
is normal at Sea God Reef. Qin Ling has been
residing in the sunken ship and hasn’t left.”

This is that Dragon Granny, right? Zhou Wen

thought.
The man nodded slightly. “Watch her. I don’t want
any more accidents.”

Dragon Granny glanced at the Seven Seas Dragon

King and said in a seductive tone, “Master, that
Zhou Wen is Wang Mingyuan’s disciple after all. If
we kill him like this, I’m afraid it will be
disadvantageous to your plan if Wang Mingyuan
comes looking for trouble.”

The man said coldly, “So what if it’s Wang

Mingyuan? He was nowhere when I dominated the
Federation. Even if he was lucky and became the
Dragon Gods’ lord, it was just a moment of luck.
When my plan succeeds, the Dragon Gods’ lord will
be nothing. Both humans and dragons will
acknowledge me as their master.”

“How should we deal with Miya? If she hadn’t

revealed the details of the other dragon monarchs,
Zhou Wen wouldn’t have been able to kill them so
easily,” Dragon Granny asked carefully.

“Qin Ling is still with her. Don’t worry about her for
now. However, to prevent any problems from
developing, we need to let Qin Ling mature as soon
as possible and extract her Dracotaur bloodline.”

As the man spoke, he took out an item and threw it

to Dragon Granny. He sneered and said, “Take this
to the sunken ship and let Qin Ling eat it. In less
than six months, her Dracotaur bloodline will be of
use. When the time comes, all humans will be
transformed into Dracotaurs. It’s useless even if the
other Guardians win. Earth will forever be mine.”

“I’ll do it now.” Dragon Granny took the items and

bowed before leaving the hall.
Zhou Wen was alarmed when he heard that. This
person is even more ruthless than Teacher and Jing
Daoxian. Teacher only brought a portion of people
into the dimension, while Jing Daoxian only
experiments on talented people. This fellow actually
wants to turn all humans into Dracotaurs. He’s too
crazy. From his tone, he seems to be a high-ranking
member of the Federation a long time ago. Who is
he?

Upon realizing that Dragon Granny had already

gone to Sea God Reef, Zhou Wen was somewhat
anxious. However, he could only help himself now.
He couldn’t even rush out of the Seven Seas Dragon
King’s stomach, so it was even more impossible to
inform Qin Ling.

“Go. Guard the Seven Dragons Sea well and don’t

let any outsiders come into contact with Qin Ling.”
The man waved his hand and gestured for the
Seven Seas Dragon King to leave.
...

Inside Sea God Reef, Qin Ling was talking to Miya.

“Sister, how can you trust a human so easily?” Qin

Ling said.

Miya sighed and said, “It was a moment of

bewitchment. I actually believed that he could
defeat the Seven Seas Dragon King. Now, not only is
the Seven Seas Dragon King alive, but even his life
has been lost. If I had known, I would have insisted
that he take you away from the Seven Dragons
Sea.”

However, Qin Ling shook her head and said, “I won’t

leave with any human. I’m not a human to begin
with.”
Miya reached out to rub Qin Ling’s head and sighed.
“If it wasn’t for the Seven Seas Dragon King, you
could have stayed here forever, but not now. I have
to think of a way to send you out of the Seven
Dragons Sea. You have human bloodline in you, so
you still have a chance of breaking the dimensional
zones’ restrictions.”

“So what if I leave? Won’t I still be treated like a

monster?” Qin Ling was ashen.

Feng Qiuyan already knew the truth about her, but

he hadn’t appeared again. Qin Ling had already
given up.

“Little Feng probably hasn’t thought it through yet.

Give him some more time,” Miya said helplessly.
In fact, Miya couldn’t understand Qin Ling’s
feelings. As she was a pure dragon, she didn’t think
that there was anything wrong with being a dragon.

However, Qin Ling had half a human bloodline.

Furthermore, she had grown up in human society.
The other half of the dragon bloodline gave her
immense pressure other than strength.

As the two of them were talking, a shrimp soldier

reported, “Master, Dragon Granny is here.”

“Why is she here?” Miya thought for a moment and

said to Qin Ling, “Stay here and don’t come out. I’ll
go and see what Dragon Granny is doing here.”

With that said, Miya left the cabin. After arriving on

the deck, she saw Dragon Granny floating in the
seawater outside.
“Dragon Granny, why are you here instead of
Infinite Island?” Miya asked coldly.

“Several dragon monarchs in the Seven Dragons Sea

have been killed. The Dragon King asked me to
come and see if you had encountered any trouble
here and to provide you help if necessary.” As
Dragon Granny spoke, she had already passed
through the water curtain and landed on the deck.

“I appreciate your kindness, but there’s no trouble

here. You can return,” Miya said expressionlessly.

“Why are you in such a hurry to chase me away? I

heard that your human sister has returned. Why
don’t I see her?” Dragon Granny asked with a smile.
“She’s not feeling well and is resting. Please return.”
Miya didn’t have a good impression of Dragon
Granny.

“I’m good at Essence Energy recovery. I can help

her. Take me to her,” said Dragon Granny.

“Don’t let me personally send you off.” Miya stared

at Dragon Granny, her voice already turning cold.

“You can give it a try.” Dragon Granny was still

smiling and wasn’t angry at all.

Miya didn’t stand on ceremony as she threw a

punch at Dragon Granny.

Miya had inherited the Golden Dragon King’s

bloodline and strength. The might of this punch was
extremely powerful. Even Tyrant Behemoth was
nothing against it.

However, Dragon Granny wasn’t flustered. She took

out a small rattle drum from the clamshell and
shook it gently.

Suddenly, Miya lost all her strength. A golden

incantation appeared on her neck like a necklace,
strangling her neck as if it was about to snap.

Boom!

Miya revealed her Golden Dragon King body. The

huge Golden Dragon Body rolled on the deck, but
the golden incantation on her neck kept glowing.
No matter how Miya struggled, she could not
escape.
As the rattling of the rattle drum in Dragon Granny’s
hand sped up, the incantation on Miya’s neck
tightened. Miya was already paralyzed on the deck,
her neck about to break.

“Sis, what’s wrong?” Qin Ling ran out and was

shocked when she saw Miya. She wanted to help
Miya remove the incantation on her neck.

However, just as her hand touched the incantation,

it suddenly shrank, causing Miya extreme pain.
However, she couldn’t make any sound. She was
about to die.

The Turtle Minister rushed over with the shrimp

soldiers and crab generals, but Dragon Granny only
said indifferently, “If you want her to die, feel free
to come.”
“What do you want?” Qin Ling stared at Dragon
Granny and asked.

Dragon Granny opened the box in her hand and

took out a crystal bottle inside. She handed it to Qin
Ling. “Drink this and I’ll let her go.”

“What is it?” Qin Ling asked as she looked at the

transparent liquid in the crystal bottle.

“Poison. A life for a life. Do you dare drink it?”

Dragon Granny said with narrowed eyes.

Chapter 974: Slaying Dragon Granny

Translator: CKtalon

“Will you let my sister off if I drink it?” Qin Ling said
as she looked at the bottle in her hand.
“Qin Ling, throw it away,” Miya struggled to say.

Dragon Grandma shook the rattle drum again. Miya

was immediately strangled to the point of not being
able to make another sound. All she could do was
tremble in pain on the ground.

“Of course. I always keep my word. Today, your

sister offended me, so one of you has to die.
Between you and your sister, choose who is to die.”
Dragon Granny smiled at Qin Ling and said, “Of
course, you can choose not to drink it. You can let
your sister die. Anyway, she doesn’t share the same
father as you and can’t be considered a real sister,
right?”

“I’ll drink it. Let my sister go,” Qin Ling said through
gritted teeth.
“It’s easy for me to kill you. There’s no need to lie to
you. Once you drink it, I’ll immediately release your
sister,” said Dragon Granny slowly.

Miya failed to make a sound. She struggled to get

up and snatch the bottle from Qin Ling’s hand, but
Dragon Granny shook the rattle drum, causing Miya
to immediately collapse on the deck and tremble in
pain.

Miya knew that someone must have done

something to her. Otherwise, with the power of
Dragon Granny, it was impossible for her to be her
match, much less torture her so badly.

However, Miya couldn’t recall when anyone had

done something to her.
“Stop shaking. I’ll drink it,” Qin Ling said as she
opened the bottle and was about to drink the liquid
inside.

“Don’t drink it!” With a clear voice, a saber beam

slashed at Dragon Granny.

“Little Feng!” Qin Ling was pleasantly surprised

when she saw the person.

Feng Qiuyan was expressionless as he slashed at

Dragon Granny with his Life Soul Saber.

Dragon Granny’s figure moved as she dodged Feng

Qiuyan’s saber force. She originally wanted to
counterattack, but she realized that Feng Qiuyan’s
saber aura was like a surging river. She couldn’t find
any flaws.
“Your saber art isn’t bad, but unfortunately, you are
too weak.” As Dragon Granny spoke, she used the
clam shell to block Feng Qiuyan’s saber before
striking his chest, sending him flying.

“Little Feng!” Qin Ling flew over to catch Feng

Qiuyan who had flown back, only to see Feng
Qiuyan’s chest collapse and blood seep from the
corner of his mouth.

“Sis Ling, I’m sorry I came late,” Feng Qiuyan said in

his usual tone.

“You shouldn’t have come.” Qin Ling checked Feng

Qiuyan’s injuries with a complicated expression.
“How are you?”

“He won’t die yet. I’m in a good mood today. I just

want to kill someone. Qin Ling, who do you think I
should kill?” Dragon Granny stared at Feng Qiuyan
and said.

Qin Ling looked at Miya and Feng Qiuyan. She held

the bottle and was about to raise it when Feng
Qiuyan grabbed the bottle and threw it to the
ground.

However, the bottle was crack resistant. It didn’t

shatter, and the liquid inside didn’t spill at all.

Feng Qiuyan’s actions immediately infuriated

Dragon Granny. She originally wanted to trick Qin
Ling into drinking it, but now, she could only use
force.

A strange aura rose from the Dragon Granny’s body

as her eyes suffused a red glow. She stared at Feng
Qiuyan and wanted to kill him first before forcefully
injecting the liquid into Qin Ling’s body.
Qin Ling wanted to help Feng Qiuyan block, but she
was held back by him.

Feng Qiuyan slowly stood up and stared at Dragon

Granny. He said, “Sorry for making you wait so long,
but there were some things I needed to settle
before I could come. Otherwise, it would be useless
even if I came.”

As he spoke, a Companion Beast appeared on Feng

Qiuyan’s body. It was a male Companion Beast with
a human torso and a snake as its lower body. It was
wearing a robe that resembled a shaman.

“Mythical Companion Beast... You went to the Wind

God Cave?” Qin Ling asked in surprise when she saw
Feng Qiuyan’s Companion Beast.
“Yes, there are some things that require sufficient
strength to do. Therefore, I went to the Wind God
Cave and contracted the Companion Beast inside
before coming to pick you up,” Feng Qiuyan said.

Qin Ling was delighted. She naturally knew what the

Wind God Cave was.

It was a dimensional zone that only people with the

Feng family bloodline could enter. There was a
special Companion Beast there. Although it wasn’t a
Companion Egg, as long as a person had the Feng
family’s bloodline flowing in them, it could be taken
in as a Companion Beast like incubating a
Companion Egg.

However, the Companion Beast needed too much

Essence Energy. Many generations of the Feng
family, including many powerful Epic experts,
wanted to subdue it, but they ultimately failed.
Although they didn’t die, their cultivation levels
were crippled.

Feng Qiuyan had actually gone to the Wind God

Cave for her, making Qin Ling’s previously
disheartened heart feel like a withering tree
ushering in spring.

The strange Companion Beast transformed into a

gust of wind that attached itself to Feng Qiuyan’s
body as though it had vanished.

However, Feng Qiuyan’s aura was rapidly rising.

Dragon Granny looked at Feng Qiuyan in surprise.

Although she couldn’t recognize the origins of the
Companion Beast, she could tell from Feng Qiuyan’s
aura that it was no trifling matter.
“If you don’t want her to die, it’s best you stand
there and do nothing,” said Dragon Granny as she
raised the rattle drum in her hand.

Clearly, she wanted to use Miya to threaten Feng

Qiuyan.

“If I were you, I wouldn’t move because as long as

you shake that rattle drum, I will behead you,” Feng
Qiuyan said calmly.

“Interesting. A mere human actually dares to

threaten me because of a Companion Beast. I want
to see how you will behead me...” As Dragon
Granny spoke, she was about to shake the rattle
drum in her hand.

However, just as her hand moved, Feng Qiuyan’s

figure vanished like the wind. When he appeared
again, he was already behind Dragon Granny.
Crack!

The rattle drum in the Dragon Granny’s hand

snapped and half of it fell to the ground.

Dragon Granny was alarmed. She didn’t see how

Feng Qiuyan moved. She wanted to turn her head
to look, but despite her head moving, her body
didn’t move.

The head landed on the ground before her body

collapsed. One of the seven dragon monarchs,
Dragon Granny, had died just like that.

Feng Qiuyan also spat out a mouthful of blood. The

mysterious Companion Beast automatically
separated from his body and transformed back into
a tattoo.
The incantation patterns on Miya’s neck vanished as
her body gradually recovered its strength. She
looked at the corpse of Dragon Granny on the
ground in disbelief.

“What Companion Beast is that? It doesn’t look like

a dragon?” Miya asked Feng Qiuyan.

Feng Qiuyan shook his head and said, “I don’t know

his name. I only know that his surname is Feng and
that he only follows people from the Feng family.
However, my strength is too weak. I can’t even
withstand the shock produced when I use his
strength.”

Suddenly, the waves churned and the water stirred.

The Seven Seas Dragon King charged into the Sea
God Reef dimensional zone in a frenzy as he had
sensed Dragon Granny’s death.
Chapter 975: Grown Up
“No good. It’s the Seven Seas Dragon King. I’ll hold
it back. You guys return to the land first.” Miya had
only been restricted previously; she wasn’t injured.

Although Feng Qiuyan had obtained the mysterious

Mythical Companion Beast, its strength was too
powerful. His body couldn’t withstand it if it
attached itself to him in a soul form.

Previously, his body had already suffered damage

from only using it briefly. It was obvious how
powerful the Companion Beast was.

Miya rushed out of the cabin and immediately saw

the Seven Seas Dragon King’s true body. Due to
Dragon Granny’s death, he was already enraged and
didn’t bother hiding. When he saw Miya come out,
the seven dragon-like tentacles swept over.
Miya transformed into the Golden Dragon King and
charged forward to fight the Seven Seas Dragon
King.

Her body was no weaker than the Seven Seas

Dragon King’s. It was even stronger than the Seven
Seas Dragon King’s body. Golden beams of light
shone resplendently, causing the seawater to surge
and huge waves to appear on the surface of the sea.

The Turtle Minister also rushed forward with his

spear and helped Miya attack the Seven Seas
Dragon King.

However, the Turtle Minister wasn’t as fast as Miya.

He was accidentally hit by the white liquid spewed
out from the strange dragon’s mouth and was
immediately stuck. It was as if he had been
drenched by super glue. At first, he could still move,
but soon, he couldn’t even move. He was sent flying
by the strange dragon’s tentacles and smashed into
the sand at the bottom of the sea.

Qin Ling helped the injured Feng Qiuyan swim

towards the sea. A golden glow suffused her body
as fine scales appeared on her skin. Her hair and
pupils also turned pale golden.

Although she was still in human form, she didn’t

look like a human. However, she wasn’t ugly. She
just looked a little strange.

After transforming, Qin Ling’s speed in the water

became extremely fast as she rapidly swam towards
the coast with Feng Qiuyan.

Miya constantly fought the Seven Seas Dragon King.

The terrifying Golden Dragon King body didn’t seem
to be at a disadvantage. She was truly powerful.
However, she had yet to advance to the Terror
grade. The Seven Seas Dragon King once again used
the posture that resembled a Buddha chanting
scriptures and entered the Terror transformation
state.

Miya immediately felt that she had fallen into a

heavy fog. She heard the chanting coming from all
directions, but she couldn’t tell where the Seven
Seas Dragon King was.

Suddenly, a strange dragon-like tentacle emerged

from the fog and spat out white liquid at Miya.

Miya reacted extremely quickly as she twisted her

dragon body to dodge, but other tentacles kept
tearing out of the fog. Before Miya could react, she
was immediately sprayed with white liquid.
Soon, Miya felt her body stiffen where the white
liquid had hit. Her dragon claws were stuck to her
body, making it abnormally difficult to brandish
them.

More and more white liquid sprayed onto the

Golden Dragon King Body. Miya was like a ferocious
beast that had been bound. No matter how strong
she was, it was useless. She was bitten by the Seven
Seas Dragon King’s tentacles.

The seven strange dragons bit Miya’s body, but she

couldn’t resist. Soon, she was covered in wounds.

The Seven Seas Dragon King clearly hated Miya to

the core and didn’t devour her.

...
“Leave now... I want to go back and save my
sister...” Qin Ling gritted her teeth and rushed back
when she saw Miya’s Golden Dragon King form
being ravaged by the Seven Seas Dragon King.

Feng Qiuyan grabbed her and forcefully pulled her

to the shore. “It’s useless if you go back. Go ashore
first.”

“I know it’s useless, but if I don’t return, I won’t be

able to feel at ease for the rest of my life.” Qin Ling
wanted to shake Feng Qiuyan off.

“Sorry, Sis Ling.” Feng Qiuyan lifted Qin Ling up and

ignored her protests as he rushed to the coast.

At that moment, the coast was filled with surging

seawater. The beach could no longer be seen. Even
the trees outside were covered in seawater.
“Wait at a spot where there’s no water. You are not
to get down.” Feng Qiuyan placed Qin Ling down
before turning around and diving into the sea.

Qin Ling stared blankly at Feng Qiuyan’s figure as he

rushed into the sea. She suddenly realized that this
wasn’t the Feng Qiuyan she had known in the past.

The little boy that followed behind her all day like a
tail, the affectionate boy who called her Sis Ling,
these originally clear impressions suddenly became
blurry. Replacing them was the feeling of a man, not
a boy.

He... has really grown up... Qin Ling’s expression

was complicated. After some thought, she leaped
onto a beacon beside her and waited for Feng
Qiuyan in the sea.
...

After Feng Qiuyan descended into the sea, he

quickly rushed back to where the Seven Seas
Dragon King and Miya were fighting. The Golden
Dragon King form that Miya had transformed into
was severely injured.

Feng Qiuyan knew that he only had one chance. His

body was already injured, so it was impossible for
him to withstand the mysterious Companion Beast’s
possession for long. He had to resolve the problem
in one strike.

The Seven Seas Dragon King seemed to want to tear

Miya apart. It thought that Miya had killed Dragon
Granny, so he had a raging resentment.

This is a good opportunity. Feng Qiuyan summoned

the mysterious Companion Beast and attached it to
him in a soul form. After succeeding, Feng Qiuyan
didn’t hesitate to draw his saber and slash.

It was the power of the wind. In an instant, it sliced

through the seawater and slashed at the Seven Seas
Dragon King’s body. However, when the blade
struck the Seven Seas Dragon King, it was like a
blunt blade slicing through a cow’s tendon. The
strike with the strength of a Mythical Companion
Beast only managed to slice through less than ten
centimeters.

A ten-centimeter deep wound was fatal to humans.

However, to the massive Seven Seas Dragon King, it

was nothing.

Bam!
With a flick of the strange dragon tentacle, Feng
Qiuyan’s body was sent flying. He shot out of the
sea like a cannonball with a huge splash.

As though he had had enough of the cat-and-mouse

game, the Seven Seas Dragon King opened his main
body’s mouth. It wanted to devour Miya alive so as
to appease the hatred in its heart.

Miya was stuck to the white liquid and had no

ability to resist. Knowing that it was impossible for
her to live, she decided to transform into a human
form and be swallowed by the Seven Seas Dragon
King to prevent herself from being bitten and
suffering so much pain.

...
“Feng...” Qin Ling’s expression changed drastically
when she saw Feng Qiuyan being thrown out of the
water. She hurriedly rushed over and hugged him.

Seeing that Feng Qiuyan wasn’t dead despite his

serious injuries, Qin Ling felt a little more at ease.
She glanced at the sea and gritted her teeth before
rushing out of Sea God Reef with Feng Qiuyan in her
arms.

Although she really wanted to rush back and fight

with Miya, she couldn’t allow Feng Qiuyan to die in
front of her.

Just as they rushed back to the coast, they saw a

man in black armor standing on the coast like a
nobleman, blocking their path.

“Qin Ling, you don’t belong to the world over there

yet. Return with me. In the future, you will become
the new human progenitor,” the black-armored
man said slowly.

Chapter 976: Meeting Again

Translator: CKtalon

Zhou Wen kept trying to figure out a way to leave

the Seven Seas Dragon King’s stomach, but the
place was filled with white liquid. He couldn’t even
teleport in the white liquid, so it wasn’t easy to
leave.

With the Chaos Egg’s protection, Zhou Wen’s life

wasn’t in danger. He could slowly try all sorts of
methods, hoping to restrain the Seven Seas Dragon
King.
Firstly, it was the power of fire. This power was
clearly useless against the white liquid, or perhaps
Zhou Wen’s fire power level wasn’t high, so it was
useless.

Companion Beasts with powerful bodies were

useless. They would be stuck to the white liquid,
unable to unleash their combat strength.

Weapon-type Companion Beasts were the same. No

matter how sharp a Companion Beast was, it would
be stuck to the white liquid. They were useless.

He basically tried all the Companion Beasts and

abilities he had of every element, but they were
useless.

Could it be that this white liquid is really that

invincible? Is there no power that can restrain it?
Zhou Wen didn’t believe it.
What other powers are there that I haven’t used?
After some thought, Zhou Wen suddenly had an
idea.

It was the Terror items he had put away previously.

Those Terror items were extremely cold. If he could
freeze the liquid into a solid, it might lose its
stickiness.

Zhou Wen attempted to take out the bone and

placed it in the white liquid. It was unknown if it
was because only a Terror-grade power could
restrain a Terror-grade power, or if it was because
the freezing power was the nemesis of the white
liquid, but the nearby white liquid quickly froze
once the extremely cold bone was inserted into it.
Does it really work? Zhou Wen extended his hand to
touch it and realized that the frozen white liquid
was indeed no longer sticky. Furthermore, it no
longer had any corrosive effects.

So the Seven Seas Dragon King is also restrained by

this ice dragon’s power. In that case, the person
who killed the ice dragon back then might not be
the Seven Seas Dragon King. It’s very likely the
human who has a Guardian, Zhou Wen guessed.

Otherwise, it would be very difficult to explain why

the Seven Seas Dragon King could still kill the ice
dragon when his power was restrained by the ice
dragon’s bone.

Was Miya’s father also killed by that man? Zhou

Wen thought of Miya’s father again. The possibility
of his father leaving a Companion Egg behind and
being killed by a human was very high.
With a method to restrain the white liquid, Zhou
Wen froze the surrounding white liquid, but he
soon discovered another problem.

The solidified white liquid was extremely tenacious

and almost indestructible. He spent a lot of effort to
shatter a small piece of the white solid.

This is a little troublesome. If I don’t freeze it, it will

be too sticky. If I freeze it, it will be too hard. Zhou
Wen attempted to use the ice dragon bone to strike
it. It was a little easier than using a Mythical
weapon, but his speed wasn’t fast.

Zhou Wen was out of options. All he could do was

freeze the white liquid as he shattered it.
Thankfully, he had Tyrant Behemoth’s help.
Otherwise, Zhou Wen’s progress would have been
even worse.
The main reason was that Zhou Wen’s body didn’t
have enough resistance to the cold, preventing him
from touching the ice dragon bone for long periods
of time. Even Tyrant Behemoth needed to use
Absolute Strength to hold the ice dragon tooth for
long periods of time without being injured.

As he was digging, he suddenly sensed the Seven

Seas Dragon King’s rage. Then, he saw him fighting
Miya and Feng Qiuyan. Although Zhou Wen wanted
to help, he wasn’t able to leave for the time being.

Miya, who was covered in wounds, was swallowed

and fell into the white liquid. She thought that she
was doomed. Not only did the white liquid have a
powerful stickiness, but it also had a terrifying
corrosive ability. Even her Golden Dragon Body
would find it difficult to withstand it for a long
period of time. Furthermore, she was severely
injured.
Just as Miya gave up hope of survival, she suddenly
felt something grab her hand and pull her over
forcefully. At the same time, she felt a terrifying
coldness.

The white liquid that stuck to her body slowly

became less sticky due to the cold. Soon, Miya was
released by the hand.

When Miya came out of the white liquid, she almost

couldn’t believe her eyes.

“Zhou Wen, you’re still alive?” Miya looked at Zhou

Wen in surprise and delight, almost believing that
she was dreaming.
After being devoured by the Seven Seas Dragon
King for so long, Zhou Wen was still alive.
Furthermore, he didn’t seem to be injured.

“Is it strange that I’m alive?” Zhou Wen said with a

smile.

“No, I just didn’t expect you to survive in the Seven

Seas Dragon King’s stomach.” Miya looked around
and realized that the white liquid had turned solid.
It was no longer harmful.

“It’s all thanks to these things that I can survive in

its stomach,” Zhou Wen said as he pointed at the
ice dragon tooth in Tyrant Behemoth’s hand.

This thing can actually restrain the Seven Seas

Dragon King’s mucus? Then how did the Seven Seas
Dragon King kill the Ice Dragon King? Miya found it
unbelievable when she saw it.
“I suspect that the Ice Dragon King wasn’t killed by
the Seven Seas Dragon King at all, but by a human,”
Zhou Wen said.

“A human? That’s even more impossible. How can a

human kill the Ice Dragon King? It’s a Terror-grade
existence.” Miya refused to believe this.

“Ordinary humans might not be able to do it, but

it’s not impossible for humans with Guardians. Did
the Seven Dragons Sea have a Guardian cocoon in
the past?” Zhou Wen asked after some thought.

“I don’t think so. I’ve never heard of a Guardian

cocoon here. Typical Guardian cocoons are in pure
dimensional zones of a certain race. The
dimensional creatures in the Seven Dragons Sea are
too mixed. It’s not suitable to release Guardians
here,” Miya said after some thought.
“Makes sense.” Zhou Wen told Miya the
conversation he had heard.

Miya’s face was filled with disbelief when she heard

that. “You mean that the Seven Seas Dragon King is
only a puppet and the person who really controls
the Seven Dragons Sea is a human?”

“That appears to be the case.” Zhou Wen nodded.

“He wants to extract Qin Ling’s bloodline. Wouldn’t

that mean Qin Ling is in grave danger? I have to
think of a way to save her.” Miya looked at the
white liquid around her, but she didn’t have a
solution.

“Calm down. The other party needs to wait for the

human-dragon bloodline in Qin Ling’s body to
completely take form before getting his way with
her. It will take at least a couple of weeks. We still
have time.” As Zhou Wen spoke to Miya, he listened
to the commotion outside. After the Seven Seas
Dragon King had swallowed Miya, he left Sea God
Reef and swam towards the abyss.

Zhou Wen’s heart stirred as he made Tyrant

Behemoth stop. Since he was safe now, he might as
well follow the Seven Seas Dragon King into the
abyssal palace. Perhaps he could learn more
secrets.

Chapter 977: Absolute Defense

Translator: CKtalon

“What’s wrong?” Miya asked Zhou Wen in

puzzlement when she saw Tyrant Behemoth put
down the ice dragon tooth and stop digging.
“The Seven Seas Dragon King has gone to see that
person. Even if we can leave, only death awaits us.
Let’s wait for now.” Zhou Wen didn’t have a good
solution. Even if he didn’t wish to eavesdrop, now
wasn’t the time to escape.

Sitting on the crystal, Zhou Wen took out his phone

to continue gaming and grinding dungeons. He
didn’t know how much time he needed to stay
here, so since he had nothing to do, he gamed.

Miya knew that Zhou Wen was right. They couldn’t

even defeat the Seven Seas Dragon King, much less
the more terrifying human, so it was pointless for
them to leave.

“Qin Ling was captured by them, right?” Although

Miya had already guessed the answer, she still
hoped that Zhou Wen could give her a different
answer.

“She’s probably captured.” Although Zhou Wen

didn’t see the man capture Feng Qiuyan and Qin
Ling, he could guess that the man wouldn’t let Qin
Ling leave.

Miya was vexed, but there was nothing she could

do. She couldn’t even leave to risk her life now.

“When can we leave?” Miya asked, but she was

suddenly stunned. She realized that she seemed to
be overly reliant on the human in front of her.

In the past, she wouldn’t even spare humans a

glance, much less ask such a foolish question.
Zhou Wen looked up at Miya and said, “Don’t
worry. I’ll save them.”

Although it was a simple sentence, Miya felt much

better after hearing it. It was as though Zhou Wen
could really do it.

The Seven Seas Dragon King returned to the

underwater abyss, but to Zhou Wen’s dismay, he
didn’t head for the underwater palace where the
human was. Instead, he entered a cave to rest.

Zhou Wen could only wait patiently. With a minion

like the Seven Seas Dragon King available, it was
impossible for the human to let the Seven Seas
Dragon King sleep in the cave.

Zhou Wen knew that it was useless to burn with

anxiety. He grinded dungeons as usual and also
farmed some Mortal Companion Eggs for the Evil
Spirit King, hoping that he could evolve as soon as
possible.

He went to the Ancient Sword Tomb dungeon

again, a place where Zhou Wen had often grinded in
recent times. He hoped to obtain some inspiration
and perhaps have a chance of evolving Sword Pill.

Furthermore, Zhou Wen had personally pulled out

the swords and killed them when he visited Ancient
Sword Tomb dungeons in recent times. He hadn’t
gotten Tyrant Behemoth to take action, or it would
have been difficult for him to gain any insight.

The ancient swords were pulled out by the blood-

colored avatar and killed. Quite a number of crystals
dropped, but nothing new triggered.

Could it be that the advancement of Sword Pill has

nothing to do with swords? Zhou Wen thought to
himself, but there was nothing he could do. This
was the only solution he could think of at the
moment.

Zhou Wen came in front of a sword tomb again and

pulled out a short sword.

The short sword was red in color and looked like it

was made of red bronze. It was exquisite and
elegant. The hilt was in the shape of a phoenix’s
head, and the guard was a pair of wings.
Furthermore, this short sword had a scabbard.

At the instant the short sword was pulled out,

terrifying flames erupted from the scabbard. It
scalded Zhou Wen so much that he immediately
released his grip and hurriedly summoned and wore
Galaxy Shell Dragon’s armor.
The short sword filled the sky with flames as it
attacked Zhou Wen again. It was clearly a Mythical
fire-elemental ancient sword. The power of the
flames was rather powerful.

The defense of the Galaxy Shell Dragon armor

surprised Zhou Wen. It was able to block the
ancient sword’s attack without activating Absolute
Defense.

However, the flaming sword aura on the ancient

sword heated the armor so much that it was
scalding.

After Zhou Wen activated Absolute Defense, he

realized that he couldn’t even feel the burning heat
of the flaming sword beam. Zhou Wen stood there
and allowed the ancient sword to constantly slash
at him. At most, it would only send him retreating a
few steps with Absolute Defense preventing him
from being injured at all.

What powerful defense! Zhou Wen was overjoyed.

Such armor’s defense was definitely a life-saving
weapon. It was much stronger than Dragon Scale
Armor.

The strength of Absolute Defense was probably

comparable to Tyrant Behemoth’s Absolute
Strength. However, one was for offense while the
other was for defense.

Thankfully, I ambushed and killed the Galaxy Shell

Dragon. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been easy to
kill it in a head-on battle. Zhou Wen was secretly
delighted.

The duration of Absolute Defense was shorter than

Absolute Strength, but it was already very strong.
Even top Mythical powers couldn’t injure Zhou Wen
when Absolute Defense was activated.

Absolute Strength... Absolute Defense... Could there

be something like Absolute Speed... If I can gather
an Absolute set, it will be really impressive, Zhou
Wen thought greedily.

After testing the strength of the Galaxy Shell

Dragon, Zhou Wen wasn’t in the mood to waste
time with the ancient sword. He summoned Light
Concealment Sword to fight it.

Zhou Wen’s sword techniques were pretty good

now, but he couldn’t gain an advantage against the
short sword.

As he fought, Zhou Wen suddenly realized that

there was no need for him to work so hard. He
didn’t need to do it himself. He was a man with
Sword Pill.

Sword Pill was similar to flying swords. It could be

used hands-free, so there was no need for him to
use a sword to slash others.

I wonder if Sword Pill’s strength can withstand a

Mythical weapon. Zhou Wen summoned Sword Pill
and planned on giving it a try.

With a thought, the resplendent diamond-like

Sword Pill appeared in front of Zhou Wen. Then,
with Zhou Wen’s will, it stabbed at the short sword.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Sword Pill and the short sword constantly clashed in

midair, turning Zhou Wen into a spectator.
It feels so good not having to use a sword to slash at
others. It’s no wonder so many people like flying
swords. It’s indeed a skill best suited for lazy people.
Zhou Wen was somewhat delighted.

It wasn’t because he had found another way to be

lazy, but because the strength of Sword Pill could
actually clash head-on with a Mythical sword
without being damaged.

It’s really good stuff. Zhou Wen used the 3,000

sword intents. Sword Pill already had the concepts
of the 3,000 sword intents. Now, with Zhou Wen
using the thirteen stances, the might and concepts
were much stronger than when Zhou Wen slashed
with his sword.

Furthermore, Sword Pill didn’t have any restrictions.

It could use the moves far more frequently than
when Zhou Wen used them himself. It also had a lot
more freedom.

If I can really raise Sword Pill to the Mythical stage

one day, will I be like the legendary sword
immortals in ancient times, able to behead enemies
from thousands of kilometers away? The more Zhou
Wen used Sword Pill, the more he found it
convenient. He decided to use the short sword as a
sparring partner and used all 3,000 sword intents.

Zhou Wen didn’t notice that during the battle

between Sword Pill and the short sword, some
ancient swords in the Ancient Sword Tomb would
tremble gently as though they were responding to
the sword intents in Sword Pill.

Chapter 978: Bronze Sparrow Sword

Translator: CKtalon
The characteristics of Sword Pill were very strange.
Typical weapons or mobile Life Souls needed
contact during usage for the injection of Essence
Energy into the weapon.

Even if one could transmit Essence Energy across

space, there would be a transmission path that
resembled a ribbon.

However, Sword Pill was completely different. It

seemed to have some spatial teleportation ability
between it and Zhou Wen. Even if they were very
far apart, Zhou Wen’s Essence Energy could
instantly transfer into Sword Pill without loss. He
couldn’t find any traces of transmission.

Be it control or Essence Energy delivery, there was

no delay. This was very rare.
At the very least, Zhou Wen had never seen such an
ability on other weapons.

Exploiting the characteristics of Sword Pill, Zhou

Wen could attack from afar without any worries. It
was almost the same as him attacking with a sword
in hand.

Zhou Wen controlled the Sword Pill and constantly

fought the ancient sword. His control over Sword
Pill became stronger and stronger.

Unfortunately, Sword Pill was only an Epic Life Soul

after all. It was still somewhat difficult to defeat a
Mythical ancient sword.

During the battle, Zhou Wen discovered some

strange phenomena. When he made Sword Pill use
a particular sword intent, some swords in the
Ancient Sword Tomb would react to the sword
intent.

Different ancient swords would react to different

sword intents.

The reaction to sword intent means that the ancient

sword has a similar concept, which is why it
resonates. Doesn’t that mean that I can use the
sword intent on Sword Pill to determine which type
of ancient sword it is? However, just judging the
type doesn’t seem to be of much use. If only I could
directly determine which sword is at the Mythical
stage. As Zhou Wen fought, he observed the ancient
swords that reacted.

After a while, Zhou Wen suddenly realized that

perhaps he could really determine the level of the
ancient sword through the sword intent resonance.
This was because low-level ancient swords had very
weak sword intent resonance. They didn’t even
have sword intents, so it was relatively difficult to
trigger a resonance with them.

As for the stronger ancient swords, they were easier

to trigger a resonance due to their stronger sword
intents. These ancient swords were mainly at the
Epic stage.

At a higher level, like the Mythical ancient swords,

Zhou Wen’s sword intent had to be sufficiently high
in order to trigger their resonance because their
sword intents were extremely powerful. Therefore,
it was relatively difficult.

Therefore, Zhou Wen came to a conclusion. Ancient

swords that could easily resonate were typically at
the Epic stage, with a small number at the
Legendary stage.
As for the ancient swords that didn’t resonate
easily, they were either the strongest Mythical
ones, the weakest Legendary ones, or even Mortal
ones. In any case, they were either the best or the
worst.

Although he couldn’t distinguish it accurately,

eliminating a large number of options was huge
progress for Zhou Wen.

In the constant battle with the ancient sword, Zhou

Wen had a strange thought. Since Sword Pill has
already fused with 3,000 sword intents and can
cause various types of ancient swords to resonate,
it means that it has all sorts of different
characteristics. Therefore, it’s clearly wrong for me
to want to turn it into a particular sword. However,
there’s no sword in the world that can be
compatible with all characteristics. Then, can I make
Sword Pill become a sword that’s suited for a
particular sword intent when the respective sword
intent is used?

Zhou Wen didn’t know if Sword Pill had such a

transformation ability, but he decided to give it a
try.

Zhou Wen didn’t know what kind of sword should

be matched with what kind of sword intent, but
with the Ancient Sword Tomb, it wasn’t a problem.
All he needed to do was use one type of sword
intent and pull out the ancient sword that
resonated with it. Then, he could understand all the
characteristics of the ancient sword through battle.

However, before that, Zhou Wen had to defeat the

ancient sword with fire-elemental powers.
The ancient sword was extremely difficult to deal
with. It was clearly difficult to defeat it with Zhou
Wen’s sword techniques and strength alone.

Zhou Wen didn’t wish to waste any more time, so

he summoned Tyrant Behemoth. With Tyrant
Behemoth’s help, he quickly snapped the short
sword.

‘Killed Mythical creature, Bronze Sparrow Sword.

Discovered Companion Egg.’

Zhou Wen couldn’t help but be delighted. He didn’t

have many fire-elemental Companion Eggs, and
weapons were even rarer. This Mythical ancient
sword was rather good and could be used.

After incubating the Bronze Sparrow Sword, Zhou

Wen willed the red bronze short sword with a
scabbard into his hand.
The Bronze Sparrow Sword had similar attributes
with the Light Concealment Sword, but its Life
Providence and Life Soul both had fire attributes.
When it attacked, it came with fire attributes. This
was something Light Concealment Sword didn’t
possess.

The Bronze Sparrow Sword’s Wheel of Destiny was

surprising. It wasn’t a Wheel of Destiny with
offensive abilities, but the ability to be reborn from
flames.

Even if the Bronze Sparrow Sword was destroyed,

as long as its scabbard remained, it could use the
flames in the scabbard to self-repair.

So the Bronze Sparrow Sword has such an ability.

Thankfully, Tyrant Behemoth destroyed the sword
and scabbard together. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have
been easy to kill it. Zhou Wen was quite
appreciative of the Bronze Sparrow Sword.

However, after using it for a while, he realized that

the sword was useless to him. Such a powerful fire
attribute wasn’t suitable for sneak attacks. Also,
Zhou Wen wasn’t good at fire-elemental sword
techniques. It was not as relaxing using Sword Pill.

Yet, the advantages of the Bronze Sparrow Sword

were very obvious. It was very effective against ice-
elemental elements. Furthermore, it could be
reborn from fire. It would be very useful at times.

Zhou Wen had no choice but to put away the

Bronze Sparrow Sword. He would use it when he
needed it in the future, or if there was a suitable
opportunity. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to use it for
fusion.
After he was done with the Bronze Sparrow Sword,
Zhou Wen began his plan of matching his sword
intent with the swords. He first used Sword Pill to
trigger the ancient swords’ resonance before pulling
out a resonating ancient sword. Through combat,
he fully understood the sword’s characteristics.

Although Sword Pill didn’t change in the beginning,

Zhou Wen realized that the matched sword intent
became stronger during the battle.

Bored, Zhou Wen had nothing else to do other than

grind dungeons in the Seven Seas Dragon King’s
stomach.

Thankfully, there was plenty of food in the chaos

space, so there was no need to be afraid of starving.
Zhou Wen took out plenty of food and drinks and
shared a portion with Miya.
In order to rest better, Zhou Wen even stored
mattresses and other items. He even took out a
player that had many movies and music stored in it
for Miya to kill time.

When Miya saw that Zhou Wen was like a magical

pocket that constantly produced all sorts of novel
and strange things, she increasingly felt that he was
different from the rest of humanity.

For the next few days, the Seven Seas Dragon King
slept in the cave and didn’t see the male human
again.

It was useless for Zhou Wen to worry. All he could

do was get Tyrant Behemoth to open up a
passageway while he constantly grinded dungeons
to practice his sword techniques. He hoped to raise
Sword Pill to a Perfect Body.
Chapter 979: Successful Parasitizing
Constant daily practice brought about excellent
results. Although Sword Pill hadn’t advanced, Zhou
Wen’s sword technique had improved
tremendously.

Although it wasn’t as good as his movement

technique, he had already gained some level of
mastery in the way of the sword. It wasn’t like
before when he only used a sword as a blade to
slash at people.

With practice came interest. Although they were all

swords, the usage and concepts of different swords
were different. Some very subtle things could not
be understood by just looking at them. He had to
experience them personally.
As he had truly put in hard work, be it his sword
intents or the thirteen sword arts, they had
advanced by leaps and bounds. Zhou Wen felt that
the thirteen sword arts were likely to be the second
Mythical technique he would master.

Seven days had passed, but the Seven Seas Dragon

King remained motionless. It slept in the cave,
somewhat different from what Zhou Wen had
imagined.

Although Tyrant Behemoth had already penetrated

the white liquid and discovered that they were
inside something that resembled a stomach, it was
useless even if they could escape if they couldn’t
save Qin Ling and company.

Therefore, Zhou Wen kept placating Miya, getting

her to wait patiently.
However, Zhou Wen didn’t think it was feasible to
just wait. Since the white liquid had been
penetrated, Zhou Wen decided to try releasing
Primordial Spore to see if he could parasitize the
Seven Seas Dragon King from the inside.

In theory, it was impossible for a Mythical

Primordial Spore to parasitize a Terror-grade Seven
Seas Dragon King.

However, Zhou Wen felt that it wasn’t impossible

for Primordial Spore to do so. After all, it was
currently in the Seven Seas Dragon King’s body. This
was a huge advantage. Furthermore, the Seven Seas
Dragon King was sleeping, so its bodily functions
were at their lowest in all aspects. Perhaps
Primordial Spore had a chance.
The tiny Primordial Spore flew out of the Seven Seas
Dragon King’s stomach and quickly landed on the
inner wall of an organ like a speck of dust.

The organs of the Seven Seas Dragon King were still

undulating evenly without any abnormalities. Only
then did Zhou Wen heave a sigh of relief. Although
he didn’t know if he could successfully parasitize it,
from the looks of it, Primordial Spore hadn’t been
discovered.

Zhou Wen continued waiting. If Primordial Spore

could successfully parasitize the Seven Seas Dragon
King, it would undoubtedly be great news for him.

Following that was another long wait. Zhou Wen

spent every day grinding dungeons to train. His
sword intents constantly became stronger, and his
sword techniques seemed to gain divine
augmentation.
In Zhou Wen’s mind, he also memorized the
characteristics and usage of various swords.
Furthermore, Zhou Wen vaguely felt that Sword Pill
seemed to show signs of advancing.

Three thousand sword intents needed to be

matched with three thousand swords. Most sword
intents could find their corresponding sword in the
Ancient Sword Tomb.

However, there were still many sword intents that

failed to find a sword to resonate with in the
Ancient Sword Tomb.

Zhou Wen didn’t know if it was because his sword

intent wasn’t strong enough to trigger the high-
level swords or if it was because there was no
ancient sword with the corresponding sword intent
in the Ancient Sword Tomb.
Zhou Wen thought for a moment and felt that the
former was more likely, so he planned on raising his
sword intent level.

Although sword intent stemmed from a sword art, it

was something that required comprehension
instead of practice. If one could comprehend it,
they might only need an instant to raise their
strength.

However, if one couldn’t comprehend it, they might

not be able to improve even if they trained for ten
years.

Training hard definitely doesn’t work, but if I don’t

train, I won’t be able to understand the true intent
of the sword, so I naturally won’t be able to
comprehend sword intent. What should I do? Zhou
Wen thought for a moment and he came up with a
solution that wasn’t a solution.

He first used the three thousand sword intents to

trigger the ancient swords’ resonance before
plucking the ancient swords that had never
resonated. Although he might encounter low-level
swords, he might also encounter Mythical swords.
In that scenario, he would narrow down the range
of finding Mythical swords.

During the battle with high-level swords, he could

comprehend his own sword intent.

Pulling out a sword, fighting, pulling out a sword,

and fighting again—Zhou Wen kept repeating this
process.

“What’s the thing you play all day?” Miya had

observed Zhou Wen for many days. Although she
wasn’t interested in human games, it was boring
here, so she couldn’t help but ask after seeing him
game on his phone.

“This? A mobile game. I can obtain experience and

equipment by killing monsters,” Zhou Wen
explained.

Upon hearing Zhou Wen’s words, Miya’s expression

turned odd. She didn’t think of herself as a monster
in the past, nor could she understand why Qin Ling
was so vexed because of her Golden Dragon
bloodline.

However, after hearing Zhou Wen’s unintentional

words today, Miya suddenly understood why Qin
Ling minded her dragon bloodline. This was because
she also felt uncomfortable.
“Do you want to play?” Zhou Wen looked up and
asked Miya.

“No.” Miya shook her head and sat back on her mat
to watch some dramas. However, she couldn’t get
into it no matter what. She was somewhat in a
daze.

Zhou Wen didn’t know what Miya was thinking as

he continued practicing his swordplay in-game.

This was already the eleventh day since Zhou Wen

and Miya had entered the Seven Seas Dragon King’s
body. The Seven Seas Dragon King was still sleeping,
but Zhou Wen received a signal that delighted him.

Primordial Spore had successfully parasitized the

Seven Seas Dragon King. Although it was only a
preliminary parasitization and it would take some
time to truly control the Seven Seas Dragon King,
this was already very good news for Zhou Wen.

I hope there’s still time. Zhou Wen had

eavesdropped on the conversation between Dragon
Granny and the man. He knew that if Qin Ling drank
that thing, she would reach adulthood in a couple of
weeks. When that happened, the man would
extract Qin Ling’s bloodline and create something
that could turn humans into human-dragons.

Zhou Wen had to save Qin Ling before that. He

didn’t know if becoming a human-dragon was good
or bad, but humans needed the right to choose.
Zhou Wen felt that such a forceful mutation was a
little too much. At the very least, he didn’t wish to
become a Dracotaur.

Wouldn’t it be better to become a cat-man? Zhou

Wen thought to himself. If he had to choose to
transform, he would rather become a cat. At the
very least, it wouldn’t be that ugly.

“Do you know sword arts?” Zhou Wen suddenly

asked Miya one day.

“No.” Miya shook her head and asked curiously,

“Why are you suddenly asking this?”

“If you know sword arts, I want to see your sword

intent.” After cultivating for so many days, Zhou
Wen felt that his sword art had reached a
bottleneck. If he could improve further, his sword
art would probably break through to the Mythical
stage.

However, this bottleneck was clearly not that easy

to break through. Furthermore, time was indeed
too short. It had only been a few days since he
began practicing seriously.
“The concepts in the world are all interconnected.
Although I don’t know sword arts, I can let you see
my concept if you want to see it,” said Miya.

Chapter 980: Myriad Sword Resonance

Translator: CKtalon

“If it’s possible, please let me take a look.” Zhou

Wen felt that he really needed to change his train of
thought. Otherwise, he would only walk into a dead
end if he just continued doing the same.

Miya thought for a moment and said, “I’m a Golden

Dragon. All my powers are obtained through
inheritance. I only know one concept, and that is
Golden Dragon King Battle Intent.”
“Battle Intent? How is it different from ordinary
concepts?” Zhou Wen asked.

“I’m not sure either. Have a feel of it yourself,” Miya

said as she pressed a hand to Zhou Wen’s forehead.

Zhou Wen didn’t dodge and allowed Miya’s palm to

press on his forehead. As he didn’t dare cause too
much of a stir in the Seven Seas Dragon King’s body,
Miya directly imprinted her Golden Dragon King
Battle Intent into Zhou Wen’s mind, allowing him to
sense her battle intent.

At that instant, Zhou Wen seemed to see an

extremely terrifying Golden Dragon King appear in
the world. It was ferocious and domineering, as
though it was the overlord of the entire world. The
terrifying battle intent made all life tremble.
It was a primordial era. Lightning, fires, floods, and
all sorts of calamities frequently descended. All
sorts of creatures died in the calamity. Only
creatures with extremely powerful vitality could
survive in such primordial times.

The Golden Dragon King grew in such an

environment. At the same time, due to the
extinction of all things, food became extremely
scarce. All sorts of terrifying creatures could only
fight each other and eat each other’s flesh and
blood.

Combat! Crazy combat! One could only survive

through combat.

The Golden Dragon King might not be the most

powerful beast, nor was it the beast with the
strongest defense, much less the fastest beast.
However, through constant combat, the Golden
Dragon King rapidly grew. It constantly transformed
and evolved in battle, eventually allowing it to stand
at the top of the food chain.

The unyielding, fearless, brave, crazy, and intelligent

will left even Zhou Wen, who was a spectator,
deeply shocked.

Zhou Wen knew that this was the inherited

memories of the Golden Dragons. The Golden
Dragon King in the Battle Intent was actually the
first generation Golden Dragon King. It probably
didn’t exist in the world anymore.

However, its fearless battle intent was eternal.

There’s no such thing as having good fortune after
surviving a great calamity in this world. It’s just that
I obtained enough insight and growth in a great
calamity to improve myself. Zhou Wen came to a
realization as though he understood why his sword
art had yet to make a breakthrough.

It wasn’t because he didn’t practice well enough,

nor was it because his comprehension was lacking,
nor was it because he wasn’t diligent enough.

It was because no matter how much Zhou Wen

cultivated, he was ultimately learning something
from others. He was learning the three thousand
sword intents without comprehending something
that belonged to him in battle.

This also had something to do with Zhou Wen’s

views. He hadn’t planned on practicing sword arts
to begin with. He had only learned sword arts to
advance Sword Pill, so naturally, he just needed to
master it. He hadn’t planned on improving it
further.

Zhou Wen now realized that he had underestimated

sword arts. Everything in the world had its own
principles. If he didn’t put his heart into it, no
matter how smart he was, it would be difficult for
him to reach the extreme.

Only then did Zhou Wen realize that he hadn’t lost

to the sword art, but to himself.

Indeed, one needs to put their heart in everything

they do. Zhou Wen couldn’t help but think hard.

“I hope my Battle Intent can help you,” Miya said as

she retracted her hand when she saw that Zhou
Wen had escaped the influence of her Battle Intent.
“Thank you so much. It was very useful. You’ve
helped me greatly.” Zhou Wen thanked her
sincerely.

If Miya hadn’t shown him the Golden Dragon King

Battle Intent, he wouldn’t have realized his
problems. It was easy for animals like humans to
discover the problems of others, but it was the
hardest to discover their own problems.

After figuring all of this out, Zhou Wen felt a sense

of clarity. When he thought about the 3,000 sword
intents again, he immediately felt different. It was
as though he was observing the 3,000 sword intents
from a different angle and discovered many things
that he hadn’t noticed before.
Miya looked at Zhou Wen and suddenly realized
that his aura had changed. It was ethereal and
illusory in a rather surreal fashion.

Although Zhou Wen was standing in front of her,

she felt that he resembled a virtual projection. He
didn’t give of the feeling that he was an existence
made of flesh and blood.

Furthermore, Zhou Wen’s presence continued to

decrease. If she closed her eyes, she wouldn’t even
be able to sense him standing in front of her.

“What... did you do...” Miya looked at Zhou Wen in

a daze, not daring to take her eyes off him. It was as
though Zhou Wen would vanish if she didn’t keep
her eyes on him.
“It’s nothing. I just gained some insight after seeing
your Golden Dragon King Battle Intent,” Zhou Wen
said.

Miya’s expression turned even odder. She really

didn’t understand what Zhou Wen’s performance
had to do with the Golden Dragon King Battle
Intent.

If Zhou Wen’s battle intent surged like the

reincarnation of a Tyrannosaurus, Miya would
believe that it was something he had
comprehended from the Golden Dragon King Battle
Intent.

However, Zhou Wen’s presence was getting weaker

and weaker. This was completely at odds with the
Golden Dragon King Battle Intent. Miya couldn’t
understand how Zhou Wen connected the two and
comprehended such things.
Are humans... all so strange? Miya was secretly
puzzled.

Zhou Wen didn’t explain further because some

things couldn’t be explained with words. After
sitting down, he took out his phone and entered the
game again.

When he arrived at the Ancient Sword Tomb again,

Zhou Wen wasn’t in a rush to use his sword. He
walked to a sword tomb and reached to pull out the
sword.

After the ancient sword was pulled out, it

immediately struggled amidst Zhou Wen’s palm and
flew into the air, prepared to attack.
However, the ancient sword spun a few times in
midair as though it couldn’t see Zhou Wen. It didn’t
attack him.

Zhou Wen ignored it and walked to another sword

tomb, pulling out the ancient sword from it.

The outcome was the same. The ancient sword

streaked across the sky as though it couldn’t see
Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen pulled out swords as he walked. He

pulled out hundreds of ancient swords of different
levels and attributes, but none of them attacked
him as though he wasn’t the one pulling them out.

At that moment, Zhou Wen finally moved. With a

tap of his finger, the resplendent Sword Pill tore
through the air and streaked across the sky. More
than a hundred ancient swords were instantly sliced
apart by Sword Pill. Not a single sword could
withstand a single strike from Sword Pill. The
remnant sword fragments fell to the ground,
leaving only Sword Pill floating in front of Zhou
Wen. Above Zhou Wen and Sword Pill was an
extremely terrifying sword intent.

Hum!

Inside the Sword Tomb, the myriad swords

resonated.

Chapter 981: Perfect Sword Pill

“A swordsman, a ferocious weapon. If the sword
doesn’t move, it’s like a Buddha or an immortal. If
the sword moves, it will slaughter Buddha and
destroy immortals. If you lack the intent, why move
the sword? If I were to strike, I would make the
entire world my enemy,” Zhou Wen muttered to
himself as he stared at Sword Pill in front of him.
Sword Pill emitted a blinding sword beam, and the
ancient swords in the Ancient Sword Tomb
hummed even louder.

Ancient swords tore out of the ground and flew out

without anyone needing to pull them out. Countless
ancient swords tore out of the tombs and charged
at Zhou Wen and Sword Pill like a rain of swords.
The turn of events was truly terrifying. Even the
world changed color.

However, Zhou Wen wasn’t afraid. The baneful aura

on Sword Pill surged as it circled around him. Any
ancient sword that approached Zhou Wen was
instantly sliced apart by Sword Pill.

Ancient swords rained down. Three feet around

Zhou Wen’s body were filled with shards and
broken handles, but there wasn’t a single sword
within three feet. Only Sword Pill, which seemed as
powerful as a god, culled all the swords in a
shocking manner.

A dragon-like sword hum tore through the air. It

was a white ancient sword with the aura of a wyrm
on it. It was blinding as it transformed into a wyrm-
like sword beam that streaked across the sky
towards Zhou Wen.

The sword was clearly a Mythical weapon, a

sovereign of swords.

However, Zhou Wen didn’t seem to take it to heart.

He extended his hand and beckoned at the sword
pill before coolly saying, “Sword, come.”

With that said, Sword Pill transformed into a stream

of light that charged at Zhou Wen’s palm. When it
landed in his palm, Sword Pill had already
transformed into a real sword.

The sword was four feet long. The sword’s spine

was straight and firm, like a gentleman’s back that
never bowed. Blood patterns could be vaguely seen
on the sword.

The Wyrm Sword slashed down in midair, but Zhou

Wen didn’t retreat as he slashed out in defiance of
the heavens.

Clang!

The wyrm-like sword beam was forcefully cleaved

apart by the sword in Zhou Wen’s hand. The wyrm
sword collided with the blade and was sent flying.

Hum!
Another ancient sword tore out of the ground with
a terrifying sword aura. The sword was wide and
huge, and it was extremely heavy. When it slashed
down, it was like a mountain pressing down on him.
Its might seemed unstoppable.

Zhou Wen wasn’t afraid as he brandished his sword

to meet it. However, the sword in his hand changed
its appearance, turning into a soft azure sword.

The sword was as thin as cicada wings and as light

as muslin.

When the two swords clashed, the sword in Zhou

Wen’s hand wrapped around the heavy sword like
silk. He used the momentum to fling the heavy
sword away, causing it to slam into a large sword
tomb.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Terrifying ancient swords tore out of the grave one

after another, bringing with them boundless sword
beams as though they were determined to destroy
Zhou Wen and the sword in his hand.

Yet, Zhou Wen showed no fear as he brandished his

sword to meet the terrifying Mythical swords.

When Zhou Wen struck, the sword in his hand

transformed into thousands of shapes. When facing
any sword, his sword, sword moves, and sword
intent would transform into a form that restrained
the other party.

Although the other party was at the Mythical stage

and was one level higher than him, Zhou Wen
wasn’t at a disadvantage in battle.
From beginning to end, seven Mythical swords
joined the battle. Zhou Wen single-handedly used
his sword art to fight the seven swords without
being at a disadvantage.

As Zhou Wen was engrossed in the battle, Sword Pill

in his hand transformed into the shape of Bamboo
Blade. He fused with the saber and used Immortal
Slaying to slice through one of the Mythical swords.

However, due to his excessive strength and

expenditure, he was killed by six Mythical swords
before he could catch his breath.

Seeing the game screen turn black, Zhou Wen

wasn’t vexed at all. Instead, he was delighted.
Without a doubt, his sword art had advanced to the
Mythical stage, and his Sword Pill had also
advanced to a Perfect Body.

Dripping a drop of blood to revive, he launched the

game again and read the blood-colored avatar’s
stats.

Indeed, Sword Pill had already advanced to a

Perfect Body. Strangely, the name of Sword Pill
didn’t change this time. It was still the words
“Sword Pill.”

Among the Life Souls that changed their names

during the first evolution, only Sword Pill didn’t
change its name after the second evolution. It could
be considered the only one.

Zhou Wen looked at his skill column and indeed,

there was an additional Mythical sword art.
Heart Defying Sword: Mythical

Zhou Wen was very satisfied with the sword art.

Although he knew quite a number of Mythical
techniques, the only ones he had truly mastered
independently were Transcendent Flying Immortal
and the Heart Defying Sword.

Of course, the level given by the game wasn’t

important to Zhou Wen. What was important was
that he finally knew how to use a sword.
Furthermore, it was a very special sword art.

As Sword Pill had advanced to a Perfect Body, his

Strength attribute also reached 41 points. The only
remaining attribute was Speed.
I never expected that despite being best at
movement techniques, my Speed stat is the last to
reach 41. Zhou Wen couldn’t help but sigh. Some
things were simply out of his control.

If he were to choose, he would definitely raise his

Speed attribute, but he failed to do so.

Thankfully, he only needed to raise Glimmer to a

Perfect Body to raise his Speed stat to 41 points. If
everything went well, he could use the Lost
Immortal Sutra to advance to the Mythical stage.

Zhou Wen entered the Ancient Sword Tomb again.

This time, he no longer had the mind of sword
practice. However, with the Heart Defying Sword’s
sword intent and Sword Pill, he had a good way of
farming in Ancient Sword Tomb.
As long as he stimulated the Heart Defying Sword’s
sword intent with all his might, he could trigger the
myriad swords and get the Mythical swords to
attack him.

Indeed, after Zhou Wen used the Heart Defying

sword intent, the entire Ancient Sword Tomb boiled
once again. The myriad swords resonated as many
ancient swords automatically tore out of their
tombs to kill Zhou Wen.

Unfortunately, they couldn’t pass Sword Pill at all.

They were all sliced apart. Finally, the Mythical
swords were activated. Unlike before, only six
Mythical swords appeared.

Furthermore, the Mythical swords this time were

somewhat different from the previous six.
Zhou Wen estimated that every time the Ancient
Sword Tomb respawned, seven Mythical swords
would appear, but the type of Mythical swords that
appeared wasn’t fixed.

This time, Zhou Wen didn’t have any intention of

practicing his sword intent. After luring out the
Mythical swords, he activated his Mythical
Companion Beast lineup. The six Mythical swords
weren’t their match at all and were quickly killed.

Ding!

One of the Mythical swords dropped a Companion

Egg.

From the looks of it, I’m really lucky. I just had a

Bronze Sparrow drop not long ago. Now, there’s
another one. Zhou Wen picked up the Companion
Egg and was overjoyed when he saw it. It was Night
Immaculate Sword.

Among the three famous swords in China, there

was the high-grade Light Concealment, medium-
grade Shadow Concealment, and low-grade Night
Immaculate.

Now that Zhou Wen had the high and low-grade

swords, he just lacked the middle-grade Shadow
Concealment Sword.

If I can gather all three swords, I wonder if I can

combine them into one? Zhou Wen thought to
himself.

However, it wasn’t easy to have Shadow

Concealment drop. It was unknown when it would
drop. After all, the famous swords in the Ancient
Sword Tomb were randomly respawned. He might
not have Shadow Concealment Sword appear every
time.

Chapter 982: Seven Dragons Sea’s Great Mutation

Translator: CKtalon

Night Immaculate: Mythical

Life Providence: Corporeal Sword

Life Soul: Corporeal Sword Aura

Wheel of Destiny: Night Immaculate

Strength: 80

Speed: 80
Constitution: 80

Essence Energy: 81

Talent Skill: Sword Aura Slash, Sword Aura Wheel,

Sword Aura Rain, Dao Integration Strike.

Companion Form: Sword

The attributes of Night Immaculate were very

similar to Light Concealment, but they were slightly
different. It was also considered a top-notch
Companion Beast, but Night Immaculate couldn’t
turn invisible.

Zhou Wen summoned Night Immaculate and saw

that it was condensed from a blob of sword aura.
Although he could see it, that was all he could see—
a blob of white sword aura. It was like a sword
condensed from dense white fog.

After giving it a try, he realized that the various skills

of Night Immaculate were about the same as Light
Concealment. However, one was Sword Light, while
the other was Sword Aura.

After matching Light Concealment and Night

Immaculate, the compatibility between the two
reached 91. If he wanted to fuse them, the success
rate was very high.

However, Zhou Wen didn’t choose to fuse them. He

still wanted to see how different the three swords
would be when placed together.

Zhou Wen grinded for two more days without

seeing the Shadow Concealment Sword, but
something finally happened with the Seven Seas
Dragon King.

Indeed, the Seven Seas Dragon King arrived at the

man’s palace. The man wasn’t inside. The Seven
Seas Dragon King passed through the palace and
stopped behind it. Zhou Wen immediately saw the
man, Feng Qiuyan, and Qin Ling.

Feng Qiuyan was locked in a crystal coffin and

looked like he was asleep. As for Qin Ling, she was
in a huge device. Part of the device was a crystal
container with pure water inside. This was very
similar to the water in the Deathwater Zone. Qin
Ling was inside the pure water.

The pale golden scales had already covered her

body. Dragon horns grew out of her head, making
her look like a golden human human-dragon.
Zhou Wen didn’t know if Qin Ling’s state was
considered adulthood, but from the looks of it, the
man’s experiment was already underway.

Zhou Wen sized up the device, but he couldn’t tell

what it was used for.

“Seven Seas, the time is ripe. Gather all the

dimensional creatures in the Seven Seas,” the man
said to the Seven Seas Dragon King.

After the Seven Seas Dragon King heard the order, it

raised its seven strange dragon-like tentacles. The
strange dragons opened their mouths and let out a
silent roar.

Zhou Wen could hear a high-frequency sound wave

with Truth Listener. This sound wave couldn’t be
heard by ordinary ears, but all the dimensional
creatures in the Seven Dragons Sea approached
after hearing this sound wave.

The sea snakes in the Undersea Blue Hole, the

lobsters in the Deathwater Zone, the clams on
Infinite Island, and various dimensional creatures
were gathering towards the abyss. The number was
unimaginable.

What’s that man trying to do? Zhou Wen felt that

something was amiss.

“Qin Ling, we may begin now.” A large number of

dimensional creatures arrived outside the palace,
but they could only swim in the sea and not enter
the palace protected by a mysterious force.
“If I do as you say, will you let Feng Qiuyan off?” Qin
Ling asked through gritted teeth.

“I’m also a human. I don’t like killing my own kind.

You can rest assured about that,” the man said.

Qin Ling glanced at Feng Qiuyan in the crystal coffin

and gritted her teeth. She bit her tongue and spat
out a mouthful of blood.

This mouthful of blood was somewhat different

from ordinary blood. It was actually golden. After
the golden blood flowed out, it immediately mixed
with the pure water.

After being diluted by the large amount of pure

water, the mouthful of blood quickly disappeared.
The man reached out and pressed the device’s
switch. The liquid in the huge jar spewed out and
fused into the seawater above.

After the countless dimensional creatures outside

were stained by the liquid in the jar, some low-level
dimensional creatures quickly changed.

The sea snake actually grew claws, and scales grew

on the clam maiden’s fair skin. All sorts of different
dimensional creatures seemed to undergo changes.
Even the fish-type dimensional creatures grew
claws.

Could it be... Zhou Wen suddenly understood that

after these dimensional creatures evolved, they had
the characteristics of being close to dragons.
Although they were still far from being comparable
to real dragons, their bodies looked like they could
already move on land.
These dimensional creatures that were originally in
the sea might very well break out of the Seven
Dragons Sea and enter land.

Just the thought of it left him horrified. It was

impossible for Sea Return City’s people to withstand
so many dimensional creatures.

Should I go out and stop him now? Zhou Wen felt

that even if he went out, he probably wouldn’t be
able to stop the man from doing all of this.

He could still think of a way to deal with one Terror-

grade, but it would probably be difficult for Zhou
Wen to deal with two.

Primordial Spore, hurry up. Zhou Wen could only

wait for Primordial Spore to finish the
parasitization. If he could control the Seven Seas
Dragon King to fight the man, he still had a chance
of redeeming the situation.

More and more marine creatures came here to be

baptized by the liquid that contained Qin Ling’s
blood. Their bodies were also gradually
transforming.

After Qin Ling spat out the golden blood, the man
didn’t force her to do anything more. However, Qin
Ling looked very dispirited. That mouthful of golden
blood was unlikely to be as simple as ordinary
blood.

The dimensional creatures in the entire Seven

Dragons Sea were mutating. With time, the changes
in their bodies became more apparent. Even the
dimensional creatures that had completed their
evolution didn’t leave. They kept circling the abyss.
Zhou Wen could sense that the Seven Seas Dragon
King’s consciousness was gradually blurring as
Primordial Spore silently parasitized its soul.

To be able to parasitize a creature in a Terror form

in such a short period of time was already
considered amazing. However, the situation was
too urgent. Zhou Wen still found it too slow.

In just a few days, a large number of dimensional

creatures in the Seven Dragons Sea mutated. They
possessed some of the characteristics of dragons
and had grown to a certain level.

“Seven Seas, that’s enough. Let them step onto land

and turn all the humans in the world into
Dracotaurs.” The man ordered Seven Seas.
Shall I risk it? Zhou Wen wondered if he should go
out and stop them, but on second thought, he gave
up on the idea.

If he were to go out and risk his life now, the

chances of reversing the situation were very low.
The man had been ordering the Seven Seas Dragon
King to control the marine dimensional creatures. It
looked like he didn’t have such an ability.

Since the Seven Seas Dragon King is the key to

controlling these dimensional creatures, as long as
Primordial Spore can successfully parasitize it, I can
completely reverse the situation. Since Feng Qiuyan
and Qin Ling weren’t in danger for the time being,
Zhou Wen decided to wait and see.

Zhou Wen told Miya about the situation outside

and his judgment.
After Miya heard that, she heaved a sigh of relief.
Since that man hadn’t killed Qin Ling, nothing else
was that important to her.

“Although I don’t know what method that man

used, I’m certain that those mutated creatures
aren’t going ashore to eat humans. They probably
are trying to infect humans with their mutated
blood,” Miya said after some thought.

Chapter 983: Alarmist

Translator: CKtalon

The people from Sea Return City realized that

something was amiss over the past few days. The
dimensional zones on land were fine, but they
couldn’t find any dimensional creatures in the
dimensional zones in the sea.
All the dimensional creatures in the sea seemed to
have vanished.

Sea God Reef, Undersea Blue Hole, Infinite Island,

and other places were empty. There was almost no
sign of dimensional creatures.

The Hui family had contacted all the families in Sea

Return City to discuss a countermeasure. As for the
Feng family, they were also troubled by Feng
Qiuyan and Qin Ling’s disappearance. They had
already sent people to search everywhere, but they
were unable to find them.

“The situation in the Seven Dragons Sea is very

strange. All the dimensional creatures have
vanished. Everyone, let’s discuss. What does this
mean?” Old Master Hui swept his gaze across the
core members of the various families.
“The disappearance of dimensional creatures is a
good thing for us. We don’t rely on dimensional
zones in the sea to begin with. All we need to do is
guard the dimensional zones and mineral deposits
on the shore,” said Liu, a family head.

“That’s true, but I’m afraid that the dimensional

creatures in the sea will cause trouble again,” an
elder from the Feng family said.

“What can happen? After all, they are dimensional

creatures in the sea. Only a small number of them
have the ability to leave the sea to fight. Most of
them will have their combat strength greatly
reduced after they hit land. They won’t be a danger
to us.” Family Head Liu paused before saying,
“Besides, haven’t we already made preparations?
Even if Sea Return City really can’t be defended, we
can still retreat into the dimensional zones on land.
Everyone has been in business here for so long.
There shouldn’t be any problems, right?”

“Brother Liu is right. Those things are from the sea

after all. They can only circle the area before
leaving. Do you think they can grow legs to snatch
our territory?” another family head said.

Everyone immediately began discussing. Most

people felt that they should stay behind and
continue watching. Even if something really
happened, it wouldn’t be too late to retreat when
the time came.

“I think we should evacuate immediately.” A

different voice sounded. Everyone looked at the
person who spoke and saw a young man in his
twenties. Most people knew that he was Hui
Haifeng from the Hui family.
“Young Master Feng, what do you mean?” Family
Head Liu asked Hui Haifeng.

Hui Haifeng took out a small bottle and held it in his

hand, allowing everyone to see what was inside.

The bottle wasn’t big, about the same size as a

mineral water bottle. There was water inside, but
there was something in the water that looked like a
mushroom. It was similar to the test subjects he had
shown Zhou Wen previously.

However, the thing that should have been white

now suffused a faint golden color. It looked very
strange.

“What’s this?” Old Master Hui asked Hui Haifeng.

He knew that Hui Haifeng was doing research, and
he had supported him. However, he never expected
Hui Haifeng to really figure out anything.

“Grandpa, this is a sample of the fungi I extracted

from the marine plants to nurture. Originally, the
evolution of these fungi took at least a year from a
spore to its present state. However, this
experimental product was something I just started
cultivating this morning, but it has already evolved
to such a level. Something must have happened in
the Seven Dragons Sea. It’s very likely that the
dimensional creatures in the sea will undergo a
large-scale evolution, so we have to evacuate
immediately,” Hui Haifeng said seriously.

“Young Master Feng, aren’t you being a little too

assertive? Perhaps something went wrong with
your experiment, or perhaps it’s just an anomaly. It
doesn’t necessarily mean anything. Perhaps you
need more experiments,” said Family Head Liu
disapprovingly. He wasn’t interested in so-called
scientific research.

He even felt that scientific research was useless in

this era. It was the era of gods, and science was no
longer feasible.

There were quite a number of people who thought

that way. Furthermore, most people weren’t willing
to give up on Sea Return City and the mineral
deposits that they had been running for so many
years.

After all, Hui Haifeng was only making an inference.

No one knew if his inference would come true.

Even if it were true, it wouldn’t be too late to leave

when they really couldn’t stop dimensional
creatures. They still had dimensional zones
operating on land as an escape route.
“Everyone, perhaps you don’t know what this
evolutionary speed means. Let me make an
analogy. According to the current evolutionary
speed, if an ordinary rat is injected with this
element, it will only need three days. In three days,
it will evolve to have an elephant-like body and
strength. If the creatures in the sea have such an
evolutionary speed, are you still confident that you
can safely retreat under their attacks? Do you still
have the confidence to defend the dimensional
zones?” Hui Haifeng said.

“Young Master Feng, this is only your speculation

after all. You can’t just rely on your speculation to
make us leave our homeland, right?” Family Head
Liu pondered for a moment before saying, “Why
don’t we do this? We’ll send some capable people
into the water to investigate what has happened in
the sea. If it’s really as you say, it won’t be too late
for everyone to leave when the time comes.”
“That’s right. What Family Head Liu said makes
sense. Let’s investigate first.” Many people
supported Family Head Liu’s suggestion.

In the end, Hui Haifeng couldn’t convince them.

After all, Sea Return City wasn’t under the
jurisdiction of Hui Haifeng’s family. Furthermore,
many people in the Hui family felt that Hui Haifeng
was being overly alarmist.

In fact, many members of the Hui family

disapproved of Hui Haifeng’s research.

If Hui Haifeng hadn’t paid for the research funding

himself, they definitely wouldn’t have let him do so
much.
“How was it?” Li Xuan asked Hui Haifeng after the
meeting ended.

Hui Haifeng shook his head and said, “It’s useless.

They are blinded by interest and comfort. They
won’t believe it unless they see the apocalypse with
their own eyes.”

Li Xuan said gloomily, “Then what should we do?

Old Zhou and Little Yanyan are missing. Something
big must be happening.”

“Let’s return to the laboratory first. I need to make

some preparations. We have to move the important
things out first. We can’t stay here.” Hui Haifeng
quickly rushed to the laboratory. He knew that he
didn’t have much time left.

Li Xuan took Ya’er and returned with Hui Haifeng to

make preparations.
At the same time, Sea Return City sent some
humans with underwater abilities into the Seven
Dragons Sea to investigate the disappearance of the
dimensional creatures.

“What’s there to investigate? Isn’t this

unnecessary? It’s better if the dimensional
creatures in the sea leave. It saves us the trouble of
them coming ashore to harass us every once in a
while,” a middle-aged man said.

“Isn’t it all because of that scion from the Hui

family? He said that there will be a huge mutation
in the sea and that there will be many mutated
dimensional creatures. It’s not like we haven’t seen
them before. What’s there to be alarmed about? He
even said that he wants us to move out of Sea
Return. I think he’s studied too much and has lost
his mind. What famous university? He’s
ridiculous...”
The others laughed. They felt that a scion like Hui
Haifeng only knew how to spout nonsense and give
instructions blindly.

“What’s that?” Suddenly, someone realized that

there seemed to be something in the seawater
ahead.

“Sea snakes? That’s not right. Why do they look like

they have claws? The color isn’t right either. Sea
snakes should be blue. This one looks blue with
some gold in it...”

“It’s just a sea snake. Just kill it and bring it back for
research.”

Just as they were about to move, they suddenly saw

the strange sea snake rush over. It was much faster
than ordinary sea snakes. Before anyone could
react, the sea snake had bitten him.

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Chapter 984: The Mutation Begins

Translator: CKtalon

The people beside him rushed forward and

immediately diced the strange sea snake into
several pieces.

“Old Li, don’t be afraid. My Companion Beast can

restrain the sea snake’s poison. I’ll treat your
injuries now,” the person said as he summoned a
Companion Beast to treat the bitten person.
He had treated poison wounds inflicted by sea
snakes many times, so it wasn’t a problem.

Indeed, the wound was quickly healed without any

signs of poisoning.

“Let’s go quickly. Let’s take a look ahead. If we can’t

find anything, we should quickly return. Don’t waste
time here. The dimensional creatures in the sea
have little to do with us,” the few of them said as
they continued diving deeper into the sea.

However, they didn’t realize that Old Li, who was

behind them, gradually turned problematic. His
eyes gradually turned golden, and tiny golden spots
appeared on his face.

After a while, Old Li suddenly pounced on the

person in front of him as though he had gone mad.
He opened his mouth and bit down on the neck of
the person in front of him.

“Ah!” The person was caught off guard and was

bitten. He screamed and turned to look at Old Li,
only to see that his pupils had turned completely
golden.

...

There were many guards at the Sea Return sentry

post. They were still concerned about the
mysterious disappearance of the dimensional
creatures in the sea, but they were unwilling to
leave Sea Return just like that.
In fact, most people could guess that something
major had happened in the sea, but they were still
hoping to get lucky.

“They’re back!” The guards on the sentry post

discovered the people who had gone into the sea to
investigate.

“One, two, three... Seven... No one is missing. I

knew it. It’s all fine. Didn’t they return safely? If
there’s really a huge mutation in the sea, how can
they return safely?” the guard said in delight. He
had been on tenterhooks the past two days, afraid
that the mutation Hui Haifeng mentioned was real.

“Old Li, how’s the situation in the sea? Did you find
any mutated creatures?” A few guards who were
familiar with them greeted the people who had
entered the sea.
However, Old Li and company didn’t speak. They
walked over with their heads lowered.

“I’m asking you a question. Why aren’t you

speaking?” a guard leader said unhappily.

When Old Li and company approached, they finally

looked up. The guards shivered when they saw this
and immediately shouted that something was
amiss.

Old Li and company’s eyes were golden. Scales had

grown on their faces, making them look terrifying
and strange.

Just as they shouted, Old Li and the others bared

their fangs and pounced forward. Instantly, the
sentry post was in chaos as someone sent out a
warning signal.
When the few families saw the warning signal, they
were alarmed. They immediately organized their
men to observe, but they didn’t discover any
dimensional creatures on the coast. Their own
people were attacking their own people at the
sentry post.

The few families hurriedly led their men over to

figure out what had happened. When they arrived,
the last conscious guard was bitten on the neck by
Old Li.

Everyone was stunned. They were also frightened

by Old Li and the others. What was even more
terrifying was that the guards who had fallen to the
ground quickly got up again.
The eyes of the guards also began to turn golden.
Golden spots appeared on their faces, but they
hadn’t grown into scales.

An infection! This word popped up in everyone’s

minds.

“Attack. Kill them all. We can’t let them live. It’s

contagious,” Old Master Hui immediately ordered.

Only then did the frightened people react. No one

dared to rush forward to fight them. Thankfully,
there were enough people. They summoned their
Companion Beasts and let them fight.

They were surprised to discover that Old Li and

company’s bodies had become as hard as steel.
Furthermore, they were terrifyingly fast. They felt
nothing from ordinary injuries. Only by stabbing
their hearts could they be killed. They no longer
looked like humans, but more like dimensional
creatures.

Thankfully, their bodies became stronger, but their

intelligence seemed to weaken. Finally, with
everyone’s cooperation, they finally killed all the
infected people.

“We can’t leave these corpses behind. Burn them

all.” Just as Old Master Hui finished speaking,
everyone looked at the sea. No one burned the
corpses.

A storm suddenly stirred in the sea. And amidst the

waves, something seemed to be surging.

Soon, they saw what it was. Countless dimensional

creatures—shrimp, crabs, octopuses, sea snakes,
and many strange creatures that they couldn’t
name—rushed over alongside the waves. It was
unknown how many there were.

What was even more terrifying was that the

dimensional creatures they were previously familiar
with were now unrecognizable. The sea snakes and
the sharks had grown claws. They rushed to the
coast and bared their fangs as they charged at
everyone.

“Retreat! Return to the city immediately! Everyone

in the city retreat into the dimensional zone!” Old
Master Hui’s expression changed drastically as he
shouted.

Everyone’s faces were pale. The dimensional

creatures that came surging over had exceeded
their imagination. Apart from escaping, they no
longer had any second thoughts.
Something even more terrifying happened. A large
number of winged fish flew towards Sea Return City
from the sky. The high wall was useless.

Sea Return City was in chaos. Some people’s bodies

became strange after being injured by the
dimensional creatures. Those with stronger bodies
could still last for a period of time, while those with
weaker bodies quickly turned golden. Golden spots
began to appear on their skin.

“It’s over!” When Old Master Hui returned to the

city, he saw that someone had already been
infected.

Now, everyone was filled with regret. If they had

known, they would have listened to Hui Haifeng and
moved out of Sea Return City.
No matter how valuable the mineral deposits here
were, people who died here wouldn’t have the life
to enjoy them.

“Take refuge in the dimensional zones. Retreat

immediately. Everyone retreat into the dimensional
zones...” Old Master Hui shouted as he killed.

Now, it was only a flying fish invasion. There were

many, but they were nothing compared to the
dimensional creatures that rushed out from the
coast.

Without Old Master Hui needing to shout, everyone

was running for their lives. Instantly, Sea Return City
seemed to turn into hell. There were screams and
killing everywhere.

However, no one died. All the injured people would

stand up after a while, but when they stood up,
they would become members of the dimensional
creature horde and not humans.

The few families fought as they retreated, gathering

towards a dimensional zone. It was the dimensional
zone they had been in for the longest time. They
wanted to use the taboos in the dimensional zone
to block these creatures.

Boom!

Following a huge tsunami, a terrifying monster

appeared. It looked like a huge octopus, but its
tentacles were like wyrms. Each one was a hundred
meters long.

All sorts of terrifying creatures charged forward

with the terrifying monster blotting out the sky. The
high walls were destroyed without putting up much
of a defense.
Chapter 985: Night Thearch
Translator: CKtalon

The humans who wanted to leave Sea Return City

suddenly realized that the way out of the city was
blocked by dimensional creatures. The devil-like
Seven Seas Dragon King blocked their path with
large numbers of dimensional creatures.

Dimensional creatures surged everywhere,

surrounding Sea Return City tightly. It was almost
impossible to escape.

“I should have...” Old Master Hui was extremely

regretful. He knew that there might be danger, but
he never expected that the entire city would fall. If
he had listened to his grandson, Hui Haifeng, and
ruthlessly abandoned his family business and left
Sea Return City, he wouldn’t have ended up in such
a state.

The only consolation was that the Hui family had

already sent some of their descendants elsewhere
to study. Although it was said that they were
studying, it was actually to protect them. It could be
considered a backup plan. If something really
happened to Sea Return City, the Hui family
wouldn’t be wiped out.

Sadly, because of Wang Mingyuan’s matter, Hui

Haifeng had taken a leave of absence from school
and returned home. The young man from the Hui
family, who had the greatest hope of achieving
something, was also going to die with the family.

At the thought of Hui Haifeng, Old Master Hui

looked around, but he didn’t find him. He couldn’t
help but feel a sliver of hope. Hui Haifeng had long
expected a major mutation. Perhaps he had already
left Sea Return.

Just as Old Master Hui was rejoicing, he realized

that Hui Haifeng and a young man had charged over
from the other side. The young man was carrying a
girl who looked about two years old.

“Ah Feng, you already expected this to happen.

Why haven’t you left!” Old Master Hui was furious
and anxious when he saw Hui Haifeng charging
over.

“The Hui family is all here. How can I leave alone? I

have some things here that will be of some use to
those dimensional creatures. Just apply some on
your body. There’s too little time. This is all I’ve
figured out,” Hui Haifeng said as he poured some
powder from a bottle and handed it to Old Master
Hui and company.

“Li Xuan, distribute it to the others.” Hui Haifeng

handed a bottle to Li Xuan. Li Xuan responded and
took the two Ice Silkworms over. Wherever the Ice
Silkworms passed, they froze the dimensional
creatures.

Li Xuan wasn’t as gentle as Hui Haifeng. He directly

scattered the powder on the people from Sea
Return City. When the powder that resembled gold
powder touched humans, the dimensional
creatures seemed to treat them as their own kind
and stopped attacking them.

Everyone was pleasantly surprised. There were

dimensional creatures everywhere; it resembled a
tidal wave. They originally thought that there was
no hope, but to their surprise, divine help had
descended from the heavens, allowing them to turn
the situation around from certain death.

Soon, the people from Sea Return City were

covered in the golden powder. A large number of
dimensional creatures passed by them. At most,
they only sniffed them and didn’t attack them.

It was the same for those who had mutated after

being injured. They ignored the people who had
been covered in gold powder.

Instantly, the huge Sea Return City was surrounded

by countless dimensional creatures, but no battle
happened.

“Everyone, walk slowly. Don’t worry.” Hui Haifeng

heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the gold
powder was effective.
He had too little time. He didn’t have the time to do
more research. He had only discovered by accident
that once one was tainted with such special
elements, the dimensional creatures would treat
humans stained with the gold powder as their kind
and stop attacking them.

Everyone followed Hui Haifeng as they silently

traversed the sea of monsters. If it was just these
monsters, Hui Haifeng might very well bring
everyone out of danger.

Unfortunately, this great chaos wasn’t just limited

to dimensional creatures. There was also a human.
Furthermore, he was the mastermind behind all of
this.

Everyone was traversing the sea of monsters in fear

when they suddenly saw a figure slowly land in the
sky. It stood above the Seven Seas Dragon King and
looked down at everyone in Sea Return City like a
god.

A human? Hui Haifeng’s heart skipped a beat. At

this moment, he wasn’t afraid of dimensional
creatures, but humans.

Old Master Hui and the few elders of the Feng

family were people who had seen many storms.
When they saw the figure, their expressions
changed drastically. Clearly, they had also realized
the problem. They stopped and looked at the black-
armored man on the Seven Seas Dragon King’s
head.

“I never expected there to be such a keen-eyed

person in Sea Return City. Not bad.” The person’s
gaze looked at Hui Haifeng below as though he was
praising him.
“Who are you?” Hui Haifeng asked with a heavy
expression.

“My name has long been abandoned. If you must

have a title, call me Night Thearch,” the man said
indifferently.

“Is the dimensional creature mutation in these seas

related to you?” Hui Haifeng asked again.

“Consider it a gift from me. Do you like it?” Night

Thearch said with a smile.

“You are also a human. Why are you doing this to

us?” Family Head Liu said with a trembling voice.

Night Thearch didn’t answer. He didn’t even look at

Family Head Liu. He continued looking at Hui
Haifeng and said, “You should have already guessed
my intentions, right? Why don’t you tell them?”

“You are evolving us, but it’s obvious that you

failed. Those who are infected with this special
element don’t even have self-awareness. Even if
their bodies become stronger, it won’t be
considered a successful evolution,” Hui Haifeng
said.

Night Thearch smiled and said, “As expected, you

know what’s happening. However, that view is still
too narrow. Evolution is about survival of the fittest.
Creatures that can’t adapt to evolution will
ultimately be buried in the dust of history. My
experiments didn’t fail, but most humans are too
weak. Only true experts can be reborn in the tides
of evolution and become even greater new
humans.”
“You mean that this evolution has a certain success
rate? Then what’s the success rate?” Hui Haifeng
asked again.

“One in a thousand, or even lower, but it’s enough.

It’s enough for the humans on Earth to have enough
elites left. There’s no need to waste resources on
defective products. They will be eliminated sooner
or later anyway. I just sped up their elimination,”
Night Thearch said casually.

However, when Hui Haifeng and company heard

those words, they found him extremely cruel. Less
than one in a thousand humans would survive; yet,
such a massacre seemed trivial to Night Thearch.

Furthermore, from his words, not only did he set his

sights on Sea Return City, but he also wanted to
extend it for all of human society.
“Don’t you think this is too cruel to those who
originally had a chance of survival?” Hui Haifeng
asked.

“How can failure be cruel? It’s true cruelty to let

useless people live numbly and waste resources
that are useful in the hands of experts.” Night
Thearch looked down at Hui Haifeng and said,
“You’re not bad. If you are willing, you can become
my right-hand man and create a new human order
with me.”

Chapter 986: True Mythical Strength

Translator: CKtalon

Hui Haifeng took a deep breath. “Although we share

similar beliefs, I’m sorry. We aren’t the same kind of
people. I also want humans to evolve, but I won’t
choose such a method.”
“You’re just fooling yourself. I know you want to say
that you will figure out an evolution method with a
high success rate, but what’s the point of having a
high success rate? Even if everyone can become
stronger because of a 100% success rate, there will
still be strong and weak outcomes due to different
talent. The strong will become stronger, and the
weak will become weaker. When that happens, the
strong will occupy most of the resources, but the
weak will obtain fewer and fewer resources.”

Night Thearch sneered and said, “Just like how no

matter how long workers work, capitalists will never
find it enough. No matter how low the workers’
salary is, they will think that it’s too much. In order
to squeeze out the last bit of remaining value, the
weak will eventually die or even be killed by their
powerful companions.”
“Instead of letting such a cruel thing happen and
waste so much time, why don’t you let me
complete this step directly? It will save time and
also allow a genius like you to not have to think
about how to snatch the last grain of rice from the
weak in the future. Isn’t this a happy ending for
everyone? If I’m guilty, let me bear these sins.”

Night Thearch’s eyes were firm and confident. Hui

Haifeng knew that what he said wasn’t an excuse he
had found for himself. He probably really believed
what he said.

“I don’t know if the situation you mentioned will

happen, but I still want to give it a try,” Hui Haifeng
said.

“That’s a pity. I really hoped that you would stay

and help me. It’s a pity. However, it’s fine. If you can
survive this ordeal, even without my help, you can
prove your excellence. When that happens, you will
understand everything I’m saying.” As Night
Thearch spoke, he waved his hand, gesturing for
Seven Seas Dragon King to begin.

Seven Seas Dragon King raised its strange dragon-

like tentacles and let out a silent roar. The
dimensional creatures that had stopped attacking
humans began surrounding the people of Sea
Return City.

Everyone immediately fell into despair. Faced with

the flood of dimensional creatures, their fighting
spirit was long gone. They originally believed that
they could rely on Hui Haifeng’s gold powder to
escape, but death was still the outcome.

Suddenly, the dimensional creatures that were

charging at the humans slowly stopped. Seven Seas
Dragon King’s body trembled as though it was
engaging in an intense battle of thoughts.

“Seven Seas, what happened?” Night Thearch

frowned as he looked at Seven Seas Dragon King.
Seven Seas Dragon King had actually disobeyed his
orders.

Seven Seas Dragon King didn’t respond, but his

trembling intensified. No matter how Night Thearch
ordered it, it didn’t respond.

The dimensional creatures stopped, unsure of what

to do.

Zhou Wen ordered Primordial Spore to forcefully

fight for control of Seven Seas Dragon King’s body
from within.
Now, Primordial Spore hadn’t completely occupied
the Seven Seas Dragon King’s soul, but there was no
time. Zhou Wen could only make this choice.

Although Primordial Spore hadn’t completely

occupied the soul, it had played a certain role.
Seven Seas Dragon King was restrained, making it
difficult for him to be of any use in a short period of
time.

“There’s a problem!” Li Xuan looked at Seven Seas

Dragon King who looked mentally ill and realized
that something might have happened.

The people from Sea Return also looked at Seven

Seas Dragon King eagerly. Now, their fates no
longer belonged to them. Their life and death were
in the hands of others. Although they knew that the
chances were very low, they yearned for a miracle
to happen.
“Come out.” Night Thearch seemed to realize
something as a cold glint flashed in his eyes. He
pressed a hand on the head of Seven Seas Dragon
King and a strange electric force penetrated Seven
Seas Dragon King’s body.

Zhou Wen felt the horror of the force. He originally

wanted to continue hiding, but now, he had no
choice but to leave.

He pulled Miya out of Seven Seas Dragon King’s

stomach and teleported out of his body. He arrived
above Seven Seas Dragon King and looked at Night
Thearch from afar.

The people from Sea Return City were alarmed.

Another human had appeared above Seven Seas
Dragon King. It looked like a young couple.
“I knew it. Old Zhou wouldn’t die so easily.” Li Xuan
didn’t find it strange when he saw Zhou Wen.

“You aren’t dead?” Night Thearch was slightly

surprised. He originally imagined that Zhou Wen
had been devoured by Seven Seas Dragon King, but
he never expected him to survive.

“Night Thearch, it’s best you stop. The Seven Seas

Dragon King no longer obeys your orders. It’s
impossible for your plan to continue,” Zhou Wen
said.

Night Thearch said indifferently, “Your strength isn’t

enough to affect Seven Seas Dragon King. I believe
you relied on a Companion Beast to influence it. As
long as I kill you, your Companion Beast will die with
you. Seven Seas Dragon King will naturally recover.”
“Many people have wanted to kill me, but they
failed in the end. I don’t think it’s easy,” Zhou Wen
said as he shot a look at Miya.

Miya nodded and immediately turned around to fly

towards the sea.

Zhou Wen had already discussed it with her. She

was in charge of rescuing Qin Ling and Feng Qiuyan
while Zhou Wen was in charge of holding back Night
Thearch.

Night Thearch saw through their plan at a glance,

but he didn’t stop Miya. This was because there was
no need. As long as Zhou Wen was killed, everything
would return to normal.
“Wang Mingyuan is quite a figure. I never expected
the disciples he taught to be such figures as well.
Unfortunately, firstly, you didn’t fuse with a
Guardian like Wang Mingyuan, and secondly, you
didn’t contract a Guardian. You have no right to be
my opponent,” Night Thearch said as he slowly
raised his hand.

“It’s nothing impressive having Guardians. I’ve killed

a few too,” Zhou Wen said.

“I’m afraid the Guardians you killed can’t even

transform into a Terror form, right?” Night Thearch
raised his right hand high and slashed down like a
blade. At the same time, he said, “Today, I’ll let you
see what true Mythical power is.”

Zhou Wen quickly retreated, hoping to dodge Night

Thearch’s attack, but Night Thearch’s strike didn’t
produce any ordinary Essence Energy or light.
The sky suddenly darkened, plunging the entire
world into darkness. One couldn’t see their fingers,
nor could they see anything else. Night Thearch’s
figure had also vanished.

“What is terror? The unknown and the invisible are

the true terrors. You can’t see or touch a true
Terror-grade powerhouse. As long as I’m willing, I
can take your life at any time. This is a true god. It’s
irresistible and impossible to compete...” Night
Thearch’s voice echoed in the boundless darkness.
He seemed to be everywhere, but he didn’t seem to
be anywhere at the same time.

Chapter 987: Two Choices

Translator: CKtalon
The entire Sea Return City fell into darkness.
Everyone seemed to become blind as the terror in
their hearts was magnified countless times.

Even Epic experts with eyesight abilities couldn’t

see anything in the darkness. There was only
darkness, like an eternal night.

The average people of the city were used to using

their eyes. They were already very flustered losing
their vision. They thought of the countless monsters
around them, but were unable to see them and did
not know what they were doing. Were they
preparing to pounce over and devour them? Had
the dimensional creatures’ bloody mouths reached
their necks?

The terror humans felt mostly came from their own

imagination. And this dark environment was the
easiest environment to seed terror in their
imaginations.

Zhou Wen didn’t like to imagine things, so when he

used Truth Listener, he also activated the Supreme
Hell King Life Soul, allowing his senses to become
extremely sharp.

However... it was useless... Be it Truth Listener’s

ability or Supreme Hell King’s enhanced senses, he
failed to discover any traces of Night Thearch. It was
as though Night Thearch had already melted into
the night.

“Have you... experienced true terror?” Night

Thearch’s voice sounded in Zhou Wen’s ear.

However, Zhou Wen didn’t see Night Thearch. As

for the darkness, it seemed to transform into a
saber that brushed past Zhou Wen’s neck.
Clang!

The Astral Shell Dragon Armor appeared on Zhou

Wen’s body as he activated Absolute Defense. Even
so, a thin mark appeared on his armored neck.

“Absolute Defense. This should be a manifestation

of the Astral Shell Dragon Companion Egg, right?
You are really lucky. Although the Astral Shell
Dragon’s abilities aren’t much, Absolute Defense is
an extremely powerful skill. Even at the Terror
grade, it won’t be easy to break through Absolute
Defense.”

Night Thearch’s voice drifted over from somewhere.

It was as though his lips were right beside Zhou
Wen’s left ear as he spoke, but when Zhou Wen
turned his head, he saw nothing.
The voice sounded in Zhou Wen’s right ear again.
“Absolute Defense is among the top Mythical
powers. Previously, I wanted to personally kill the
Astral Shell Dragon to see if a Companion Egg would
drop. However, the chances were too low, so I had
no choice but to give up. I never expected you to
obtain the Astral Shell Dragon Companion Egg.
Unfortunately, the Astral Shell Dragon is only a
Mythical creature with no potential. It can’t enter
the Terror state and can’t have Absolute Defense
constantly activated. It can only last for half an hour
at most.”

Zhou Wen turned his head to the right, but he still

didn’t see anything.

“Half an hour. This is the amount of time you have

to live in this world. Enjoy it. No, it’s already been a
minute. You still have 29 minutes...” Night
Thearch’s evil voice entered Zhou Wen’s ears like a
devil.
Faced with the pressure of death, especially
knowing the time when he might die, the pressure
and terror was enough to make one break down.

However, Zhou Wen wasn’t a sentimental person.

He knew that Absolute Defense couldn’t protect
him forever. Instead of being afraid, he should think
about what to do next.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen’s first thought

was to run.

Half an hour was enough for him to teleport far

away, but in the darkness, Zhou Wen teleported
several times. He had already left Sea Return City,
but all he saw was darkness.
All the mountains and rivers were in the darkness.
They could be heard but couldn’t be seen.

“Do you want to leave? I can let you leave.” Night

Thearch’s voice sounded in Zhou Wen’s ear again. It
was so close that it made his hair stand on end.

After Night Thearch said that, light returned to

where Zhou Wen was.

However, it was still dark inside Sea Return City.

This scene was unbelievable. It was daytime on

Zhou Wen’s side, but the city several meters away
was pitch-black.

“Didn’t you want to escape? You can leave now, but

the people here will become my test subjects and
experience that one in a thousand possibility. I
wonder if there’s anyone you care about among
them? However, no matter how much you care
about them, it’s not as important as your life,
right?” Night Thearch’s voice sounded from the
darkness.

In the darkness, Night Thearch appeared beside Hui

Haifeng like a nightmare. Hui Haifeng felt his eyes
light up. He could actually see clearly in the
darkness. He threw a punch, but Night Thearch’s
body was like a dark shadow. Hui Haifeng’s fist
passed through, failing to harm him at all.

Night Thearch smiled and said, “What do you think

Zhou Wen will choose? He and you are fellow
disciples, right? Can your friendship exceed the
terror of death?”
Hui Haifeng said calmly, “I wish for him to leave.
With his abilities, he will definitely be able to defeat
you in the future. He just needs to avenge us.”

Hui Haifeng didn’t shout for Zhou Wen to leave

because he knew that those words would only
excite stir feelings. He didn’t need Zhou Wen to
become sentimental.

“How touching.” Night Thearch came to Li Xuan and

Ya’er’s side again. They immediately had the ability
to see in the darkness.

“Do you think Zhou Wen will leave this place or

come back to save you?” Night Thearch asked with
interest.

Without a word, Li Xuan released the Ice Silkworms.

However, the Ice Silkworms passed through the
shadow-like Night Thearch and failed to cause any
damage to him.

“How interesting. Don’t you wish for him to come

back and save you? Don’t tell me that you really
don’t care about him abandoning you and
escaping? You once treated him as your best friend
and best companion, but he escaped alone when
there’s danger. How sad is that?” Night Thearch’s
voice sounded in the trio’s ears.

“If it were me, I would definitely come back to save

you, even if it means sharing life and death. What
would Zhou Wen choose?” Night Thearch
continued.

Outside Sea Return City, Zhou Wen stared at the

dark Sea Return City with a frown.
“Are you escaping or not? I’ll give you three more
seconds. If you don’t want to escape, return to the
darkness.” Night Thearch’s voice came from the
darkness again. “One... Two... Three...”

When Night Thearch counted to three, Zhou Wen

turned around and quickly vanished.

In the dark Sea Return City, Night Thearch gloated

as he said to Hui Haifeng and company, “What a
pity. It looks like your companion is half unreliable.
Between living and your friendship, he chose to
live.”

Li Xuan looked at the depressed Ya’er in his arms

and suddenly said, “So what?”

“Don’t you feel abandoned at all?” Night Thearch

said with interest.
“Of course. Old Zhou is a bastard. I wish I could tear
him to pieces, but unfortunately, I might not have
such a chance.” Li Xuan stroked Ya’er’s head and
said, “Zhou Wen is a bastard like me. If it were just
the few of us here, he definitely wouldn’t have
returned. However, there’s still the little princess he
cares about the most here, so he will definitely
return. Don’t you agree, Ya’er?”

Ya’er was stunned. The disappointment on her face

gradually disappeared. Her eyes became resolute as
she nodded heavily.

“Li Xuan.” Hui Haifeng frowned slightly.

However, Li Xuan waved his hand. “I know what you

mean, but a bastard knows a bastard the best.
Compared to letting others know that he will
return, he cares more about Ya’er’s feelings. There
are some things we understand, but Ya’er is still
young. We can’t leave her with a psychological
trauma. Even if she dies, she should die happily.”

Chapter 988: Battling Night Thearch

Translator: CKtalon

“You actually think that he will return?” Night

Thearch was intrigued.

Human nature couldn’t withstand tests. Night

Thearch believed that it was impossible for Zhou
Wen to return when facing death.

Night Theach wanted to see Li Xuan, Hui Haifeng,

and company’s disappointed expressions, so he
wasn’t in a rush to get the dimensional creatures to
attack. He wanted Li Xuan and company to slowly
experience the process of going from hope to
disappointment before going from disappointment
to despair.

However, not long after, Night Thearch suddenly

realized that a figure was rapidly approaching Sea
Return City from afar. The figure was none other
than Zhou Wen, who had returned.

Zhou Wen hadn’t really fled previously. He only

wanted to test if Night Thearch would really let him
go or if there was some other scheme.

When Zhou Wen confirmed that he had really

escaped and that Night Thearch hadn’t chased after
him, he returned.

Li Xuan, Hui Haifeng, and Ya’er were trapped inside.

Zhou Wen wasn’t willing to give up when he still
had the ability to do something.
Ya’er was delighted when she saw Zhou Wen fly
back.

Hui Haifeng and Li Xuan wore heavy expressions.

Zhou Wen’s return meant that they were going to
risk their lives. No matter what they did, no matter
how trivial it was, as long as they could play some
unimportant role in the battle, they would work
hard.

“Why are you back?” Night Thearch asked Zhou

Wen with interest.

“I left something here. I came back to take it away,”

Zhou Wen said.

“What did you leave here?” Night Thearch asked.

“People in Sea Return City,” Zhou Wen said.

“Are you referring to your family and friends?”

Night Thearch asked.

“No, everyone in Sea Return City,” Zhou Wen said

seriously.

“Are you testing my patience?” Night Thearch’s

voice turned cold. With his voice turning cold,
darkness once again devoured the area outside Sea
Return City.

Zhou Wen felt his body sink into the darkness again
and Night Thearch seemed to be everywhere,
existing in every corner of the darkness, but Zhou
Wen didn’t panic at all.
Since he had dared to return, he had naturally come
back with a plan. Regardless of whether it was
effective or not, he wanted to give it a try.

“Absolute Defense can only last for half an hour at

most, but that’s only in theory. Under a powerful
attack, due to excessive expenditure, Absolute
Defense can only last for an even shorter period of
time. If I attack with all my might, you might die in
less than ten minutes. To be honest, I don’t wish for
that to happen,” said Night Thearch.

“You can give it a try and see if you can kill me in

ten minutes.” Zhou Wen seemed to be confident,
showing no fear of Night Thearch’s threat.

“I originally didn’t want to kill you, but since you

have a death wish, it’s difficult for me to retain
someone who’s bound to die.” As Night Thearch
spoke, the phantom-like figure seemed to vanish.
Zhou Wen’s Truth Listener could no longer hear any
information related to Night Thearch.

Now, I have to think of a way to break through the

darkness and find Night Thearch’s true body before
Astral Dragon Armor Dragon’s Absolute Defense
expires. Otherwise, I won’t even be able to touch
Night Thearch’s true body. There’s no way to kill or
severely injure him.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Night Thearch couldn’t be seen, but the blades that

resembled the night sky strangely appeared
everywhere. They were like invisible blades of
darkness that sliced at Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen’s body retreated repeatedly from the
slash, but he couldn’t see where Night Thearch was.
He was like a ghost in the darkness, omnipresent,
yet without a corporeal body. He couldn’t be found
no matter how Zhou Wen searched.

Even if it’s a Terror-grade creature, it’s impossible

for it to be without a body. Be it the ice maiden or
the Yin Talisman King, they both have their true
bodies. Night Thearch definitely has a true body. I
just haven’t found it. Where is he? Zhou Wen used
Truth Listener and listened to the surroundings
again, but he still failed to discover anything. Even
when Night Thearch attacked him, Zhou Wen
couldn’t sense his existence.

How does he do it? Zhou Wen couldn’t figure it out,

so he could only make attempts.
The invisible saber in the darkness slashed at Zhou
Wen’s back again. Without looking back, Zhou Wen
summoned a sword and slashed behind him.

The sword that carried flames was the Bronze

Sparrow Sword that he had recently obtained.

The flames produced by the Bronze Sparrow Sword

illuminated Zhou Wen’s surroundings, but it was
limited in range. It was still pitch-black further
away.

The light from the flames didn’t completely banish

the darkness, nor did it help Zhou Wen find Night
Thearch. A strange black palm shadow rushed out
of Zhou Wen’s shadow and slashed at his thigh.

Thankfully, the Astral Shell Dragon’s armor blocked

the strike. Otherwise, Zhou Wen’s leg would have
been severed.
Zhou Wen’s body streaked through the darkness.
Although he was protected by Absolute Defense
and he couldn’t really be injured, the pain in his leg
made him clearly aware that the effects of Absolute
Defense were weakening.

It was undoubtedly dangerous to fight an invisible,

untouchable enemy who could hurt him.
Furthermore, the enemy could kill one of his own at
any time.

Although this strike wasn’t effective, it didn’t mean

that it was really useless. At the very least, Zhou
Wen had discovered that the light emitted by the
flames was somewhat effective against the
darkness.
However, the range that Mythical flames could
illuminate was only three feet away from the
Bronze Sparrow Sword. It was a very limited range
of illumination.

Also, Night Thearch seemed only capable of

traveling in the darkness. That strike just now was
an attack launched from the shadows produced by
the light.

Zhou Wen attempted to use the Bronze Sparrow

Sword to attack from a different direction, but he
naturally failed to injure Night Thearch. However,
he was certain that Night Thearch had to be in the
darkness to deliver his omnipresent attacks. He
couldn’t appear in the light.

Now, Zhou Wen was roughly certain that even if

Night Thearch could attack in the light, he would
definitely be unable to hide his body.
If he wanted to defeat Night Thearch, he had to
place him in the light.

However, the Bronze Sparrow Sword’s flames

weren’t enough to illuminate all parts of Zhou
Wen’s body. Even if it was bright enough, there
would be shadows. With shadows, there would be
darkness. Night Thearch could still attack Zhou Wen
through the shadows.

External light is useless my body can glow. This

doesn’t seem difficult for me. Zhou Wen thought of
his Life Soul, Primordial Human Sovereign.

As long as he fused with the Primordial Human

Sovereign, he could transform into a humanoid sun.
He didn’t know how far the Primordial Human
Sovereign’s light could illuminate.
However, even if it was only a foot away, it would
be enough. In a situation where there were no blind
spots in the darkness, Zhou Wen should be able to
see Night Thearch’s true body once he entered a
one-foot radius to attack.

Chapter 989: Last Chance

Translator: CKtalon

“Absolute Defense is indeed a very powerful ability.

Unfortunately, if the Companion Beast that
possesses it is at the Terror grade, it can be
considered Absolute Defense in the absolute sense
of the word. This ability is a waste on the Astral
Shell Dragon. Now, that armor can’t even last a
minute. Once Absolute Defense completely fails, it
will be the end of your life.” Night Thearch’s
demonic voice sounded in the darkness again, but
his attacks never stopped.
“Perhaps that might spell the end of your life,” Zhou
Wen said indifferently.

“I’m very curious. What gives you the confidence?

Apart from the Astral Shell Dragon, what other
trump cards do you have? Why don’t you take them
all out and let me see what power you can rely on?”
Night Thearch was really curious.

From the moment Zhou Wen returned, Night

Thearch was already rather interested in him. He
didn’t underestimate Zhou Wen. On the contrary,
after Zhou Wen really returned, he placed an
elevated importance on him.

However, Night Thearch was still curious to know

what Zhou Wen’s return was banking on.

Even so, Night Thearch didn’t relinquish the chance

of killing Zhou Wen just because of his curiosity. He
would still kill Zhou Wen the moment the Shell
Dragon armor failed. Therefore, he hoped to see
Zhou Wen’s trump card before that.

Clang!

The Shell Dragon armor suffered another attack.

This time, the Shell Dragon armor was sliced open
by the blade condensed from darkness. It was so
deep that even Zhou Wen’s bones could be seen.
Blood flowed out of the wound.

“This is your last chance...” As Night Thearch

launched another attack, his voice entered Zhou
Wen’s ears.

Once the Shell Dragon armor was destroyed,

Absolute Defense would be useless. Night Thearch
could enter Zhou Wen’s body through the ruptured
wound and kill him.
Zhou Wen knew very well that this was indeed his
last chance. If he couldn’t withstand this strike, he
would probably die here.

In Sea Return City, only Li Xuan, Hui Haifeng, and

Ya’er received special treatment from Night
Thearch. They could see everything.

Upon seeing Zhou Wen bleed, the three of them

became nervous. They wanted to rush over to help,
but it was as though they were separated by a
strange distance. No matter how they charged
towards the battle, they were unable to reach it. It
was as though they were stuck in place.

Almost at the instant Night Thearch attacked, Zhou

Wen changed his Life Soul and fused the Primordial
Human Sovereign Life Soul with himself.
Instantly, Zhou Wen’s body turned into a humanoid
sun. The area he illuminated was greater than he
imagined. It was even bigger than the Mythical
Flaming Sword.

And just inches away from Zhou Wen was where

Night Thearch stood. With his fingers on one hand
stretched out, he stabbed at Zhou Wen’s wound like
a sword. There were cracks in his armor that
provided zero defense.

They saw it. They finally saw it. It wasn’t just Zhou
Wen. Li Xuan, Hui Haifeng, and company also saw
Night Thearch’s true body appear in the light.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen threw the

Bronze Sparrow Sword out.
That’s right. It wasn’t a stab, but a throw. This was a
Mythical skill, Vajra Drill. It was a skill that sacrificed
weapons to unleash the strongest attack.

With the augmentation of Vajra Drill, the power

that erupted from this strike was equivalent to the
combined strength of Zhou Wen and the Bronze
Sparrow Sword. Its speed was unimaginably fast as
the Bronze Sparrow Sword stabbed into Night
Thearch’s body before immediately exploding.

Boom!

Flames erupted like a sun flare. A Mythical weapon

instantly erupted all its energy. The destructive
power it produced was unimaginable.

The darkness that enveloped Sea Return City finally

vanished as everyone regained their vision. Apart
from Li Xuan and a few others, no one knew what
had happened.

When their vision recovered, they saw Zhou Wen

floating in the air like a sun god and the intense
explosion of light.

Has the terrifying Night Thearch been killed? He

should be dead. Even Mythical creatures can’t
survive such a terrifying explosion. Everyone prayed
for this outcome.

However, when the light from the explosion

gradually dissipated, they realized that Night
Thearch was standing there unharmed. His long
black hair was still flowing as before, as though he
wasn’t injured at all.

“You’re really impressive. You have more than one

Life Soul, and it’s so powerful. You were actually
able to reveal my true body in the Night of Terror.
Unfortunately, although your strike is extremely
powerful, one that would have probably halved the
lives of any Mythical creature even if they didn’t
die, to a Terror-grade creature, it’s useless no
matter how strong it is. Only a Terror-grade power
can defeat a Terror-grade. You are still too weak,”
Night Thearch said as he walked towards Zhou Wen.
He no longer had any curiosity after seeing Zhou
Wen’s trump card. He had no regrets killing Zhou
Wen.

Zhou Wen touched the scabbard in his left hand and

condensed the Bronze Sparrow Sword again.

Weapons that were destroyed by Vajra Drill

typically vanished. However, because the Bronze
Sparrow Sword had the ability to be reborn in the
scabbard, it didn’t really vanish. It was also the best
weapon to use with Vajra Drill in reality.
Zhou Wen once again threw out the Bronze
Sparrow Sword with Vajra Drill. Night Thearch didn’t
dodge as he reached out to grab the flying Bronze
Sparrow Sword, causing it to explode in his hand.

It was useless. That body was like a divine body that

wouldn’t be injured by mortal powers. No matter
how terrifying the power unleashed by the Bronze
Sparrow Sword was, it couldn’t injure Night Thearch
at all.

Zhou Wen threw out the Bronze Sparrow Sword

again and again, but it was like setting off fireworks.

Is he a god? The people from Sea Return City were

dumbfounded as irresistible terror arose in their
hearts. Under such a terrifying explosion, he wasn’t
injured at all. He was no different from a god.
Night Thearch was slightly disappointed because
the Night of Terror was useless against Zhou Wen.
He didn’t activate it again as he destroyed
everything with a wave of his hand. He arrived in
front of Zhou Wen and didn’t even give him a
chance to draw his sword. He struck Zhou Wen’s
head with one hand, hoping to completely end his
life.

With Absolute Defense completely nullified, it was

impossible for Zhou Wen to withstand this strike.

Zhou Wen’s right hand still moved. However, this

time, he didn’t pull out the Bronze Sparrow Sword
with his right hand, nor did he use Vajra Drill again.

An ice-blue dragon tooth that resembled a sapphire

appeared in Zhou Wen’s right hand before
disappearing with the use of Darkness Right Hand.
It was so fast that no one saw his actions. When
everyone saw what happened, they saw that the
ice-blue dragon tooth in Zhou Wen’s hand had
already penetrated Night Thearch’s chest.

Chapter 990: Terror versus Terror

Translator: CKtalon

Night Thearch looked down at his chest and saw

blood slowly flowing along the ice-blue dragon
teeth.

“Ice Dragon King’s Tooth...” Night Thearch’s face

instantly turned extremely pale.

Zhou Wen released the dragon tooth. His palm that

held the dragon tooth had already frozen. If he
continued holding it, his palm and armor would
probably be frozen to pieces.
“Didn’t you say that only a Terror-grade can injure a
Terror-grade? As you wish.” Zhou Wen pulled out
an ice dragon rib with his left hand and slashed at
Night Thearch again.

Zhou Wen also wanted to use Doctor Darkness’s

Darkness Right Hand with his right hand again, but
his right hand was already numb from the cold. He
couldn’t raise it at all.

The power of a Terror-grade was too terrifying. Just

holding the dragon tooth for an attack was already
unbearable for his palm, so he could only switch to
his left hand.

Although his left hand wasn’t as good as Darkness

Right Hand, it was augmented by Doctor Darkness’s
Golden Left Hand. His Speed and Strength were
much stronger.
Furthermore, Zhou Wen’s strike was using the
Immortal Slaying thanks to Slaughterer. It was
unbelievably fast. With a flash, he crossed paths
with Night Thearch.

As he switched his Life Soul, the sun-like light

vanished, revealing Zhou Wen’s true appearance. As
for Night Thearch’s arm, it had been sliced off by
Zhou Wen. However, Night Thearch vanished like a
phantom without a trace, leaving only an arm and
the dragon tooth that had stabbed into his chest.

He actually managed to escape? Zhou Wen was

somewhat disappointed, but he didn’t chase after
him. His left hand was already suffering from
frostbite, so it was impossible for him to use the ice
dragon’s parts with his hands.

Furthermore, after dealing Immortal Slaying, he had

expended all his strength. He might not be able to
gain an advantage even if he succeeded in chasing
after him.

The people from Sea Return City didn’t know Zhou

Wen’s present situation. Seeing him easily injure
the god-like Night Thearch and even sever one of
his arms, they looked at him with reverent eyes.

“Let them retreat to the sea,” Zhou Wen said to the

Seven Seas Dragon King.

Although the Seven Seas Dragon King’s

consciousness hadn’t been completely parasitized,
its resistance suddenly weakened after Night
Thearch escaped. Primordial Spore had the upper
hand.

It was still difficult to destroy the Seven Seas Dragon

King’s consciousness, but some simple control was
enough.
With Zhou Wen’s order, the seven strange dragon-
like tentacles of the Seven Seas Dragon King roared
at the sky. The mutated marine dimensional
creatures retreated into the Seven Dragons Sea like
the tide.

Seeing a powerful dimensional creature like the

Seven Seas Dragon King listen to Zhou Wen’s
orders, everyone’s expressions turned even odder.
They found it unbelievable that he was only a
human youth.

In particular, many people from the Hui and Feng

families recognized Zhou Wen. They knew that he
was Hui Haifeng and Feng Qiuyan’s classmate, so
their expressions were even stranger.

Back when Feng Qiuyan mentioned Zhou Wen to his

family elders, he even said that Zhou Wen had
taught him many things. Back then, the Feng family
thought nothing of it.

Now, from their point of view, Feng Qiuyan was

extremely lucky to be able to learn from Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen was afraid that Night Thearch would

return to the underwater palace to cause trouble
for Miya and company, so he landed on the Seven
Seas Dragon King’s head and spoke to Li Xuan and
Hui Haifeng. “I’m heading to the underwater abyss
to take a look. Do you want to come with me?”

“We’ll go with you.” Li Xuan chased after him with

Ya’er in his arms. Hui Haifeng also boarded the
Seven Seas Dragon King.

The Seven Seas Dragon King reluctantly headed for

the sea and quickly vanished in the raging waves.
“Old Master Hui, are we still leaving Sea Return
City?” Family Head Liu walked to Old Master Hui
and asked.

The others also looked at Old Master Hui eagerly.

Although they usually let Old Master Hui take the
lead, they were clearly more respectful now.

Old Master Hui knew very well that the reason they
were so reverent wasn’t because he was the head
of the Hui family, but because of Hui Haifeng and
Zhou Wen.

Although he didn’t know if Zhou Wen had called Hui

Haifeng along on purpose or not, it had
undoubtedly helped the Hui family greatly. In the
future, it would be much more convenient for the
Hui family to handle matters in Sea Return City,
especially matters related to Hui Haifeng.
As for Hui Haifeng’s previous research results,
everyone saw its potential and possibilities. They no
longer dared to underestimate him. If not for Hui
Haifeng’s gold powder, they would have long been
infected. They wouldn’t have had the chance to
wait for Zhou Wen’s appearance.

The Feng family was also secretly doing the math.

Zhou Wen’s relationship with Feng Qiuyan wasn’t
any weaker than his relationship with Hui Haifeng.
They felt like they could do something.

“There’s no need to leave for the time being, but

the situation is unpredictable. Everyone should
return and pack up. Leave and think of backup plans
for the family,” Old Master Hui said ambiguously.

Many people strongly agreed with his words. They

were in a rush to escape. Previously, they hadn’t
been able to take their possessions with them.
Now, they could return to take them. They had to
slowly transfer the family assets away. Even if they
could stay in Sea Return, they couldn’t treat this
place as their foundation.

Before Zhou Wen and company arrived at the

underwater abyss, they saw Miya return with Qin
Ling and Feng Qiuyan. They were fine, having only
been imprisoned in the palace by Night Thearch.

Miya had finally broken through the power that

sealed them and saved them.

“Night Thearch is a strange person. He can be

considered vicious for trivializing the murder of
billions of people, but he didn’t kill us despite
having so many chances,” Li Xuan said.
“It’s true that we can’t treat him as simply a bad
person, but sometimes, such people are even more
terrifying than bad people.” Zhou Wen paused
before saying, “We still have to think of a way to
resolve Qin Ling’s problem. Otherwise, Night
Thearch will eventually make a comeback.”

“If I’m not wrong, the source of those marine

mutated creatures should be her, right?” Hui
Haifeng said as he sized up Qin Ling.

Qin Ling nodded slightly. “I’m sorry for implicating

everyone.”

“There’s no need to say that. You’re not at fault.

The one at fault is this era.” Hui Haifeng thought for
a moment and said, “If you believe me, you must
give me some time. With my research, I might be
able to resolve the problem with you and stop Night
Thearch from seeking you out again.”

Qin Ling looked at Hui Haifeng in puzzlement before

looking at Feng Qiuyan and Miya.

“Senior Hui has done a lot of research on biological

mutations. Let him give it a try. Perhaps he really
can succeed. Even if he can’t, things can’t get any
worse,” Li Xuan said.

Li Xuan still trusted in Hui Haifeng’s character.

“If you trust us, you can let Senior give it a try,”
Zhou Wen added.

When Qin Ling saw Feng Qiuyan and Miya nod

slightly, she bowed at Hui Haifeng. “I really don’t
know how to repay you.”
“If it really succeeds, taking good care of our Junior
Feng will be considered the best payment,” Hui
Haifeng said with a smile.

Zhou Wen knew that Hui Haifeng had the

confidence for him to say that, but he didn’t know
what he was going to do.

Zhou Wen didn’t know much about this, so he

couldn’t help much. All he wanted to do was head
to Night Thearch’s abyssal palace to see if there was
anything there.

After finding so many ice dragon objects, there

might be something similar in the deep-sea palace.

Chapter 991: King of Earth

Translator: CKtalon
The palace in the deep sea was now empty.
Ordinary dimensional creatures didn’t dare
approach it. Of Night Thearch and the Seven Seas
Dragon King, who lived here, one had fled while the
Primordial Spore controlled most of the other’s
autonomy.

Zhou Wen searched the entire palace, but he failed

to find anything.

There were only some daily necessities and

equipment here. It looked like this palace was more
like a place that Night Thearch used for research.

Zhou Wen wasn’t interested in the research data

and equipment here, but Hui Haifeng treated them
like treasures.
Zhou Wen had no choice but to help him transport
the equipment and data back. Although Hui
Haifeng’s research direction was similar to Night
Thearch’s, Hui Haifeng wasn’t as radical. The results
he could produce wouldn’t be as unreliable as Night
Thearch’s.

Without any results to speak of, Zhou Wen went to

the Seven Seas Dragon King’s nest to take a look.
This time, he discovered the blue glacier.

When he dug it out, he saw something that looked

like a fingernail. It was very likely the tip of a dragon
claw.

This discovery delighted Zhou Wen. He wasn’t a

match for a Terror-grade creature yet, but with
these Terror-grade items, he had a chance of
injuring or even killing them. Therefore, Zhou Wen
treated them like treasures.
Thinking that he hadn’t been to Infinite Island
where Dragon Granny resided, Zhou Wen went
there and found another terrifying item that looked
like a dragon’s whisker.

The seven dragon monarchs and Dragon Sea Dragon

King’s nests have the Ice Dragon King’s Terror items.
If Night Thearch killed the Ice Dragon King, why did
he place these things in the seven dragon
monarchs’ nests? Why didn’t he collect them
himself or destroy them directly? Zhou Wen was
extremely puzzled.

If he hadn’t found the Ice Dragon King’s Terror

items, it would have been difficult for him to injure
Night Thearch, and he might not have been able to
stop him.
Inside the empty underwater palace, Zhou Wen
took out all the Ice Dragon King items—tooth, bone,
scale, horn, whisker, claw, eye, and hair.

These were all parts of the Ice Dragon King, but they
were not complete. They were only a very small
portion.

Zhou Wen could clearly sense that there was a

vague connection among the Ice Dragon King’s
Terror items, but this connection was extremely
weak and didn’t have much effect.

From the looks of it, there’s something missing?

Zhou Wen had a nagging feeling that the eight items
weren’t complete.

The completeness Zhou Wen mentioned wasn’t

referring to the Ice Dragon King’s body, but the
eight items when placed together felt like
something was missing.

The Thearch said that even a Terror-grade creature

will find it difficult to revive after death, but just
because it’s difficult doesn’t mean it’s impossible. I
think there’s something wrong with these items.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Night Thearch
to place them in different places. He could have
kept them for himself. Zhou Wen wondered if there
was another item that belonged to the Ice Dragon
King in Night Thearch’s hands. Perhaps it was the
most important one.

Ordinary creatures didn’t dare touch Terror items,

much less carry them on their bodies. However,
Night Thearch was naturally different. He was
already at the Terror grade, so there shouldn’t be
any problems.
However, he didn’t know where Night Thearch had
gone. Zhou Wen didn’t wish to see him again, much
less snatch the item in his possession.

In the next few days, Hui Haifeng did some research

work. At the same time, he obtained information
about Night Thearch. This information and
equipment made Hui Haifeng more confident in
solving Qin Ling’s problem.

He had already begun making preparations. He

believed that they would be completed soon.

Zhou Wen didn’t understand any of that. When he

was bored, he looked at the cube’s ranking and
realized that the top ten had already been occupied
by Guardians.

Furthermore, there were already fourteen

Guardians on the rankings. During this period of
time, there were more and more Guardians on the
rankings. It looked like they all wanted to use this
ranking battle to defeat their opponents.

Ranked first was still Ya. The second was still Great
Skyfiend whom Ya had defeated. The third was Fairy
Burial.

Following that were some Guardians that Zhou Wen

had never seen before. Their names looked very
powerful. There was also a fellow named Metal
Reaper. Zhou Wen looked at his projection and
realized that the Guardian was like a metal robot. It
looked like it had explosive combat strength.

For some reason, Starry Night, who was previously

ranked very high, had fallen to tenth place and
barely maintained its top-ten standing.
Zhou Wen searched for Starry Night online and
realized that a Guardian had challenged Starry Night
previously, but Starry Night didn’t accept the
challenge. Its ranking automatically dropped.

After a few consecutive challenges, Starry Night

didn’t accept any of them and quickly fell to tenth
place.

The reason Zhou Wen paid more attention to Starry

Night was because he felt that Starry Night might be
Liu Yun, but it was only a guess.

On the rankings, the Guardians that Zhou Wen

could already confirm were Jiang Yan’s Fairy Burial
and Uesugi Nao’s Great Skyfiend. In addition, Zhou
Wen guessed that Ya was Zhong Ziya and Starry
Night was Liu Yun. If he thought about it this way,
among Wang Mingyuan’s students, only he and Hui
Haifeng weren’t on the rankings.

Hui Haifeng wanted to do research, so he definitely

wouldn’t participate in the battle. Zhou Wen didn’t
have a strong desire to participate either.

Previously, he had wanted to participate in the

battle because he wanted to go to the dimension to
take a look at Wang Mingyuan’s situation. However,
now that he knew that Wang Mingyuan was doing
pretty well there, Zhou Wen lacked the motivation
to participate.

It didn’t seem worth risking his life for a divine fruit.

Furthermore, Zhou Wen hadn’t advanced to the
Mythical stage, so it was impossible for him to
participate in the battle.
As Zhou Wen was studying the ranking, he saw the
cube suddenly light up. It was the countdown on it.
There was only a month left.

On the cube’s screen, a shadow appeared. The

shadow was distorted and blurry, making it
impossible to see what it looked like, but it made
one feel that it was a biological creature.

Zhou Wen had once entered the dimension and

knew that the other party was indeed a biological
creature, but because the level of the dimensional
world far exceeded Earth’s, the vision of Earth’s
creatures couldn’t accurately capture the other
party’s physical characteristics. Therefore, it looked
like a distorted shadow.

In fact, it wasn’t that the other party was distorted,

but that the level of vision of humans on Earth was
insufficient.
Soon, the figure emitted a voice. “In 720 hours, the
first on the ranking will become the owner of Earth
who will control the fate of Earth. Humans with
Guardians, show your strength to your heart’s
content. The victor is king, and the loser is vilified.
This is an eternal truth. I look forward to the birth of
the King of Earth.”

Chapter 992: Dimensional Wheel

Translator: CKtalon

Many people disapproved of the shadow’s words.

So what if someone became first on the rankings?
No matter how strong they were, it was impossible
for them to control all of humanity. The various
bigwigs wouldn’t admit that such a person had
become the lord of Earth.
“You might think that this is ridiculous. Why is the
person first on the rankings the lord of Earth? It’s
very simple. This is because the first on the rankings
will obtain the Dimensional Wheel that represents
dimensional power. Whoever controls it will obtain
invincible power. The possession of the Dimensional
Wheel will last until next year’s ranking battle.
Then, the next King of Earth and the owner of the
Dimensional Wheel will be decided.” As the figure
spoke, a light wheel appeared on the screen. As the
light was too intense, it was like a sun. Ordinary
people couldn’t see what it was.

Zhou Wen took a careful look and could only tell

that it resembled a sphere. He didn’t know what it
was for.

Have the rules been changed? Zhou Wen was

puzzled before sending The Thearch a message.
“The Thearch, I remember you once said that the
various races agreed to hold a Guardian battle once
every hundred years to determine the ownership of
Earth. Why has it become a year?”

The Thearch quickly replied: “I’m in Chess

Mountain. How would I know what happened in the
dimension? However, I can guess that it might be
related to your teacher, Wang Mingyuan.”

“Why?” Zhou Wen didn’t understand how The

Thearch had come to such a conclusion.

“Because the fellows in the dimension also have

fear,” The Thearch said.

“Fear? Are you saying that they are afraid of

Teacher?” Zhou Wen was puzzled.

Although Wang Mingyuan had become the king of

the Dragon Gods, according to what Zhou Wen
knew, there were eight such monarchs among the
Octokind. Furthermore, above the Octokind were
terrifying Apocalypse-grade powerhouses. It didn’t
seem right to say that they were afraid of Wang
Mingyuan.

“Wang Mingyuan only absorbed and fused with a

Guardian. In such a short period of time, he actually
broke through to the Calamity grade. Such an
evolutionary speed is extremely terrifying in the
dimension. You have to understand that the time in
the dimension isn’t calculated in the same way as
here. Any lifeform’s lifespan far exceeds humans by
a hundred or a thousand times, but their evolution
speed will also be much slower. Wang Mingyuan’s
evolution speed has frightened some dimensional
species, so they want to speed up their exploration
of Earth,” The Thearch said.
“If they are really that afraid, why don’t they just kill
Teacher?” Zhou Wen felt that The Thearch’s
analysis wasn’t convincing.

“It’s not like there’s only one race in the dimension.

Their relationship is very complicated. Although I
haven’t seen him with my own eyes, I can imagine
that your teacher is a very intelligent person. He
understands the balance of survival in the
dimension. Although it might be very dangerous, he
hasn’t died yet,” The Thearch said.

“That’s just your guess,” Zhou Wen said after some

thought.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s right or wrong. What’s

interesting is that some people have changed the
rules, proving their impatience.” The Thearch didn’t
argue with Zhou Wen.
“What exactly is that Dimensional Wheel ? Can one
really be invincible with it?” Zhou Wen now valued
this problem.

“I don’t know. I’ve been trapped in Chess Mountain

for too long. In our era, there wasn’t such a thing.
However, since it’s something that those fellows
created, it likely has powerful strength. I don’t know
if one will become invincible with it, but the power
of that thing is definitely not weaker than the Terror
grade,” The Thearch pondered.

All the cubes in the world dimmed. The creature

and Dimensional Wheel that had spoken previously
vanished.

Zhou Wen’s expression was somewhat solemn. The

appearance of the Dimensional Wheel had caused
the situation on Earth to slide in an unpredictable
direction.
If it was really as they said, possessing the
Dimensional Wheel meant invincibility, what would
happen if the person who obtained the Dimensional
Wheel was someone like Jing Daoxian and Night
Thearch?

Just imagine what would happen to Earth if an

invincible power appeared on Earth and was
controlled by a crazy person?

Zhou Wen couldn’t imagine it, nor did he dare think

about it.

At the same time, what made Zhou Wen feel

depressed was the lofty attitude of the dimensional
creatures. They seemed to treat Earth as a game
arena. Whoever won the game would be rewarded
by them.
What was the difference between this and dogs in a
dog-fighting ring who were rewarded by their
owners with dog food?

How can I break the influence of the dimension on

humans? Zhou Wen constantly pondered over this
question.

Snatching the so-called Dimensional Wheel that

could bestow invincible power wasn’t the real
solution.

Zhou Wen wasn’t interested in being the king of the

doggy arena. What he wanted was to destroy the
supercilious dimensional creatures.

It doesn’t seem possible to defeat them at present.

The physiques of humans are too weak. Without
the help of Guardians, it’s difficult for us to advance
to the Mythical stage. And a Mythical stage is no
different from cannon fodder in dimensional zones.
Zhou Wen knew very well the difference.

However, no matter how great the difference was,

he still wanted to continue because there was no
way out unless he wanted to muddle his way
through life.

Can I think of a way to sever the connection

between the dimension and Earth? This thought
surfaced in Zhou Wen’s mind, but he quickly
rejected it.

Perhaps there really was such a method that could

sever the connection between the two, but after
severing it, humanity had no chance of advancing
further. They would only be trapped in this world,
making no progress.
Once the passageway between the two was opened
again, humanity would face an even more difficult
situation.

Instead of waiting to be ravaged, he might as well

resolve the problem now and make humanity
stronger. He wanted humanity to be strong enough
to fight dimensional creatures. Only then could they
truly escape the fate of being enslaved.

The ice maiden once said that Earth might be the

birthplace of the dimension. Many things here can
be said to be extremely precious in the dimension.
Perhaps this is the true opportunity for humanity,
Zhou Wen thought to himself.

“Are you interested in becoming the King of Earth? I

can help you contract the strongest Guardian.” The
Thearch wanted to tempt Zhou Wen again.
“How powerful is it? Is it at the Terror grade?” Zhou
Wen asked.

“Of course.” The Thearch gave an affirmative

answer.

“A Guardian that survived from ancient times?”

Zhou Wen immediately guessed something. This
was because he had never seen a newly born
Guardian with the Terror transformation ability.

“Yes, an invincible Guardian of that era.” The

Thearch sent a message.

Chapter 993: Frost City

Translator: CKtalon

“Which Guardian is it?” Zhou Wen asked.

“If you are willing, you will naturally know when the
time comes,” The Thearch said.

“Forget it. I’m just an ordinary student. I’ll let

someone else be the King of Earth.” Zhou Wen
naturally wouldn’t agree.

Now, he was just short of a Glimmer advancing to a

Perfect Body. Perhaps the Mythical stage was
already close at hand. How could he contract a
Guardian at such a time?

Ignoring becoming the number one person in the

world back then, Zhou Wen wouldn’t even consider
becoming the number one person in the universe
now.

Furthermore, Zhou Wen couldn’t tell how true The

Thearch’s words were.
The Thearch’s era’s invincible Guardian shouldn’t be
from the Chess Mountain’s faction right? Zhou Wen
knew some history.

Chess Mountain likely represented the Shang

Dynasty, but the Shang Dynasty was ultimately
replaced by Zhou. If that was also a battle between
Guardians, the strongest Guardian should be in
Zhou.

Therefore, Zhou Wen felt that The Thearch was

probably bragging and trying to trick him.

...

Hui Haifeng’s research finally produced results.

After injecting Qin Ling with a new element, the
Dracotaur bloodline in Qin Ling’s body became
stable.

Zhou Wen didn’t know how he differentiated

stability and instability, but Hui Haifeng told them
with certainty that Qin Ling’s Dracotaur bloodline
couldn’t be used to mutate other creatures in the
future.

In that case, Qin Ling would be useless to Night

Thearch. Night Thearch probably wouldn’t find
trouble with her again.

However, the dimensional creatures in the Seven

Dragons Sea were a huge problem. If humans were
injured by them, they would still be infected and
mutate.

This was something that couldn’t be resolved. This

was because all the creatures in the Seven Dragons
Sea had been infected and mutated. There were so
many dimensional creatures that they couldn’t kill
them all. The numbers were unimaginably huge.

Therefore, they could only hope that humans didn’t

court death. As long as they didn’t enter the Seven
Dragons Sea, nothing would happen. Without the
Seven Seas Dragon King’s command, those
dimensional creatures wouldn’t rush out of the
Seven Dragons Sea.

Of course, it didn’t eliminate the possibility that

someone wanted to take that one-thousandth
chance. If the mutation succeeded, they could
obtain quite a bit of strength.

As for the Seven Seas Dragon King, Zhou Wen got

Primordial Spore to control it and enter the
calabash. He made it its residence.
Primordial Spore was still unable to completely
occupy its soul. The Seven Seas Dragon King would
occasionally resist, but most of the time, it was
under Primordial Spore’s control.

Sea Return City’s matters were mostly settled, and

Night Thearch didn’t return. Zhou Wen planned on
leaving Sea Return City and heading north. After
returning to Luoyang, he would head to the North
District to take a look.

Firstly, it was because the Ultimate Family Clan in

the North District had expressed their goodwill to
Zhou Wen. Secondly, Lance had always wanted to
invite him over.

Furthermore, Sadie, Gulli, and company were

considered members of the Xuanwen Club and had
a good relationship with Zhou Wen and company.
They also wanted to invite Zhou Wen to be a guest
at the Ultimate Family Clan.

Sadie and Gulli had originally come for Zhou Wen.

They didn’t plan on really finishing their four years
of studies at Sunset College, so it was only a matter
of time before they returned. When they heard that
Zhou Wen was willing to go to the Ultimate Family
Clan, they planned on returning together.

Now, the roads between the districts were getting

harder and harder to traverse. They were afraid
that it wouldn’t be that easy if they returned any
later.

Zhou Wen naturally wanted to go to the North

District because he wanted to cultivate the Glimmer
Life Soul. He had to go to places he had never been
before, or he would have only gamed at home.
Hui Haifeng wanted to stay in Sea Return City to do
research. Li Xuan and Feng Qiuyan joined Zhou
Wen’s trip to the North District.

Feng Qiuyan didn’t stay in Sea Return City to

accompany Qin Ling. This left Zhou Wen somewhat
puzzled.

“Little Yanyan, Beauty Qin is alone in Sea Return

City. Aren’t you afraid that she will be snatched
away by others?” Li Xuan was more nosy than Zhou
Wen and asked directly.

Feng Qiuyan sighed and said, “Actually, I don’t know

what to do.”

“Don’t tell me you despise her for having a dragon

bloodline?” Li Xuan said with widened eyes.
“It’s not what you think. It’s just that I’ve always
treated her as my biological sister in the past. I’ve
never thought about romance. For the moment, I
don’t know what to do,” Feng Qiuyan said in
frustration.

“You really are blind to the comforts you are

enjoying. If I had such a beautiful fiancée, I would
have long given up my virgin boy skill,” Li Xuan said.

“Cut it out.” Zhou Wen said to Feng Qiuyan, “Then

you have to think carefully. Don’t regret it when the
time comes.”

“I know. I’ll consider it carefully,” Feng Qiuyan said

seriously.

After meeting up with Sadie and Gulli, everyone set

off for the North District. There were indeed many
changes on the way, but the Ultimate Family Clan
had long sent people to pick up Sadie and Gulli.
Zhou Wen followed them without any accidents.

The North District was even colder now. There was

ice and snow everywhere. The creatures that could
survive here had very strong physiques.

Sadie and Gulli described many dimensional zones

in the North District to Zhou Wen, making him look
forward to them.

The group arrived at Frost City, where the Ultimate

Family Clan was located. The city was actually built
with ice. It looked like a fairytale world.

Zhou Wen originally imagined that Lance would

welcome them, but he didn’t see him. Furthermore,
when Zhou Wen asked about Lance, the person
who came to welcome them spoke hesitantly as
though he was hiding something.
Gulli was a straightforward person. He grabbed the
person and asked, “What’s wrong with Lance?”

Helpless, the person could only tell Gulli and

company.

Only then did everyone realize that Lance had been

injured.

The person who had injured him was a young man

from the Ultimate Family Clan, but he could only be
considered a collateral relative. Lance had been
injured in a fair duel.

“Impossible. How can that fellow, Joseph, be my

brother’s match? My brother can give him a four-
limb handicap, and Joseph still wouldn’t be his
match.” Gulli shouted when he heard the name of
the person who injured Lance.

“Gulli, you have been away from Frost City for too
long. There are some things you aren’t aware of.
Joseph has contracted a Guardian and is extremely
powerful now. He challenged Lance and defeated
him. Among the younger generation, he’s the
strongest.” As the person spoke, he said to Sadie,
“Sadie, you have to be careful. He challenged Lance
and severely injured him. I’m afraid he will
challenge you next.”

“How dare he!” Gulli said angrily.

Sadie gestured for Gulli not to be angry. After some

thought, she said, “Joseph is also a member of the
Ultimate Family Clan. I don’t think he will go against
me. Let’s head back now.”
After the few of them entered the city and Zhou
Wen and Li Xuan settled down, they planned on
touring Frost City.

Zhou Wen and company followed the local customs

and bought a fur coat and fur hat. Ya’er put on a
white fox fur coat and looked charmingly naive.

“There are actually people selling Tyrant Behemoth

dolls here?” Li Xuan said in surprise when he saw a
large Tyrant Behemoth doll while they were
shopping.

“That’s a figurine, not a doll,” a seven-year-old boy

corrected him seriously.

Chapter 994: True Tyrant Behemoth

Translator: CKtalon
“Isn’t it the same?” Li Xuan said.

“Of course it’s different. Figurines aren’t toys for

children, but works of art,” the boy explained
seriously.

“I don’t see any difference. It’s just a doll.” Li Xuan

looked around and couldn’t tell what was different
about this Tyrant Behemoth doll. It just looked
more exquisite.

The boy said angrily, “Not at all. If you don’t

understand, don’t spout nonsense. This is a great
work.”

Li Xuan looked inside the shop and curled his lips.

“If it’s really a great work, why isn’t there a single
customer in the shop other than you?”
“Let me see... Wow... Such a tiny doll is actually sold
for more than a hundred thousand. It’s no wonder
no one wants to buy it. After all, a doll is only a doll.
It’s so expensive. Which kid would spend so much
money to buy a doll? With so much money, it’s
enough to buy a very good Legendary Companion
Egg.” Li Xuan was bored and wanted to tease the
boy.

The boy immediately said, “That’s not the case.

Tyrant Behemoth and Tai Sui used to sell very well,
but... but...”

“But what?” Li Xuan pressed.

“However, those people are too superficial. They

feel that Guardians are stronger than Tyrant
Behemoth, so they went to buy Guardian figurines,”
the boy said sadly.
“Is this shop yours?” Zhou Wen looked at the
Companion Beast models placed in the shop. It sold
several Companion Beast models which topped the
rankings last time, but most of them were Tyrant
Behemoth and Tai Sui.

Other Companion Beast models typically only had

two or three types, but there were many different
versions of Tyrant Behemoth and Tai Sui. There was
a huge difference in sizes and models.

There were replicas, cartoon versions, cute

versions, and ferocious versions. There was a huge
difference in size. The biggest Tyrant Behemoth was
on the shop’s display booth. It was more than four
meters tall and looked very similar to Tyrant
Behemoth when it wasn’t huge. It was a one-to-one
replica.
Zhou Wen really didn’t know that Tyrant Behemoth
and Tai Sui were so popular.

“Yes.” The boy nodded.

“Since Guardians are popular, why don’t you sell

Guardians? Is there a problem with the supply?”
Zhou Wen asked curiously.

The boy shook his head and said, “The figurines are
made by our own factory. It’s very easy to create a
Guardian figurine, but I don’t like it. I don’t want to
sell the figurines of those Guardians.”

“Why? Did a Guardian bully you?” Li Xuan asked

with interest.

“I sold these Companion Beasts because they are

partners who fight for humans, but those Guardians
aren’t. I heard from Mommy that those Guardians
fight to enslave Earth and us humans. No matter
how powerful they are, I won’t sell their figurines,
much less make them,” the boy said with a serious
expression.

When Zhou Wen and Li Xuan heard that, they knew

that the boy’s background wasn’t simple. For him to
know this information, it meant that his father
wasn’t an ordinary person.

“Others are selling them, but if you don’t sell, there

won’t be any business. Then, can this shop continue
operating?” Li Xuan said.

“Anyway, the shop belongs to my family. At most, it

won’t be sold. It’s not a big deal. Besides, I believe
that Tyrant Behemoth, Tai Sui, and company will
definitely showcase their powerful strength on the
rankings. When that happens, those superficial
fellows will know that Companion Beasts aren’t
inferior to Guardians at all. They can even be
stronger,” the boy said.

This time, Li Xuan didn’t strike a blow at him. He

knew that the chances of a Companion Beast
appearing alone were very low. It could only appear
in a Guardian battle coupled with another Guardian.

However, seeing how stubborn and serious the boy

was, even Li Xuan couldn’t bear to tell him the
truth.

“Little Yi, we should return,” a middle-aged man

walked in and said to the boy.

However, when he saw Zhou Wen’s appearance, he

said in surprise, “You are Zhou Wen?”
When the boy heard Zhou Wen, he was first taken
aback before his eyes widened. He looked at Zhou
Wen in puzzlement and asked, “Your name is Zhou
Wen too?”

“Yes, my name is Zhou Wen.” Zhou Wen nodded

slightly.

The middle-aged man said, “What do you mean by

Zhou Wen too? He’s Tyrant Behemoth’s owner,
Zhou Wen.”

After the boy heard that, he asked in disbelief,

“You... Are you really Tyrant Behemoth’s master?”

“If there’s no second Tyrant Behemoth, I think I

should be the one you are referring to,” Zhou Wen
said.
“You... You... Are you really... Is Tyrant Behemoth
alright? No, that’s not what I meant. It’s great to be
able to see you... My name is Li Benyi. I really like
you and your Tyrant Behemoth...” The boy
immediately became nervous as he spoke
incoherently.

“Do you want to see the real Tyrant Behemoth?”

Zhou Wen asked with a smile.

“Can... I?” Li Benyi’s voice trembled with

excitement.

“Of course.” Zhou Wen looked at the space here.

The exhibition hall was very high and was more
than enough to accommodate Tyrant Behemoth. He
summoned Tyrant Behemoth.

“Wow... It’s really Tyrant Behemoth. It’s so cool. It’s

even cooler than what I saw in the video. Our
figurines aren’t good enough...” Li Benyi looked at
Zhou Wen with a look of longing.” Can I touch it? ”

“Of course. If you are willing, I can let it take you

around,” Zhou Wen said.

“Yes... Yes... Of course I’m willing... Thank you so

much.” Li Benyi immediately jumped up excitedly.

Zhou Wen got Tyrant Behemoth to extend its hand

and lift Li Benyi up. It placed him on its shoulder and
carried him around the shop.

“How cool. When I grow up, I’ll also want to have

such a Companion Beast.” Li Benyi stroked Tyrant
Behemoth’s hair and wore a blissful expression.

“Sorry to trouble you,” the middle-aged man said to

Zhou Wen.
“It’s nothing. It’s rare for someone to like my
Companion Beast so much.” Zhou Wen looked at
the symbol on the middle-aged man’s clothes and
asked, “Are you from the Ultimate Family Clan?”

The middle-aged man nodded. “Yes. I was in charge

of picking you up, but something happened on my
end and someone else took my place. I didn’t
expect us to be so fated to meet here. My name is
Li Benyu.”

Zhou Wen chatted with Li Benyu for a while before

realizing that he was considered a collateral relative
of the Ultimate Family Clan. He didn’t have the
bloodline of the Ultimate Family Clan, but he was
invited to join because he was valued by the
Ultimate Family Clan in certain aspects.
Li Benyu was from the East District, but his wife had
the pure bloodline of the Ultimate Family Clan. Li
Benyi was a mixed-blood.

“Thank you. I’ve completed one of my two dreams.

Now, I’m only left with seeing Tai Sui with my own
eyes.” When Tyrant Behemoth brought Li Benyi
back, he still looked unsatisfied. He didn’t want to
let go of Tyrant Behemoth’s fingers as he thanked
Zhou Wen.

Chapter 995: Joseph

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Translator: CKtalon

Li Xuan couldn’t help but be amused when he heard

that. He glanced at Zhou Wen and said, “Benyi, your
other dream is to meet Tai Sui?”
“That’s right. Tyrant Behemoth is our Federation’s
hero, and so is Tai Sui. Furthermore, it’s the
previous generation’s No. 1. I also want to see it
with my own eyes, but I don’t know who its owner
is. I got Dad to help me investigate for a long time,
but I couldn’t find out who Tai Sui’s owner is,” Li
Benyi said helplessly. “Indeed. A mysterious
Companion Beast like Tai Sui must have a very
powerful human master, an existence akin to the six
heroes. It would be difficult to meet the owner even
if I knew who he is, right?”

“It’s not difficult for you to meet Tai Sui. Just beg
him,” Li Xuan said as he pointed at Zhou Wen.

“Why?” Li Benyi still didn’t understand.

“Because Tai Sui is also his Companion Beast. If he’s
happy, you can even hug Tai Sui to sleep, much less
look at it,” Li Xuan said.

Li Benyi gaped in disbelief as he looked at Zhou

Wen, speechless. It was as though happiness had
come too suddenly.

Tai Sui being his Companion Beast was no longer a

secret. Many people around him knew about it, so
there was no need for him to hide it. Zhou Wen
decided to summon Tai Sui.

“It’s really Tai Sui... You actually have Tyrant

Behemoth and Tai Sui at the same time... You’re
really lucky...” Li Benyi’s eyes turned red from
excitement.

“It’s alright. They aren’t easy to raise,” Zhou Wen

said with a smile.
“Can I hug it?” Li Benyi automatically ignored Zhou
Wen’s words as he looked at Tai Sui—which
resembled a white, bouncing ball—with glowing
eyes.

“Sure.” Zhou Wen nodded.

Li Benyi picked up Tai Sui with trembling hands. He

felt like he was the happiest person in the world. In
just one day, all his dreams were fulfilled.

Li Benyi suddenly thought of something and asked

Zhou Wen excitedly, “Zhou Wen... No, no, no...
Idol... You will get Tyrant Behemoth and Tai Sui to
participate in the battle, right? You will defeat those
Guardians, right?”
“I have things to do at the moment. I’m not sure if I
can finish them in time. If I finish it before the one-
month countdown, I might participate in the
battle,” Zhou Wen said.

“I see. I hope you can quickly finish your matters. I

really want to see Tyrant Behemoth and Tai Sui
defeat those Guardians.” Although Li Benyi was
somewhat disappointed, he still supported Zhou
Wen. He only hoped that Zhou Wen could settle his
matters before the ranking battle ended.

If an adult heard Zhou Wen’s explanation, they

would think that it was just an excuse, but Li Benyi
believed it.

“Alright,” Zhou Wen answered with a slight nod.

If he could advance to the Mythical stage before the

Battle of Guardians ended, he indeed had plans to
participate in the battle. Even if he couldn’t obtain
first place, he could eliminate some Guardians.

Guardians would only become stronger. Just like

Night Thearch’s Guardian, it was already at the
Terror grade. Most of the newly contracted
Guardians probably hadn’t reached the Terror
grade. It was relatively easy to eliminate them now.
In the future, the situation would only become
more complicated.

However, it would probably be difficult to kill a

Guardian like Night Thearch. Although Zhou Wen
had the Ice Dragon King’s Terror item, it wasn’t easy
to injure Night Thearch when he was on guard.

“Little Yi, you actually believe such a lame excuse?

How naive.” A voice sounded from the door.
Everyone turned their heads and saw a young man
who was about the same age as Zhou Wen and
company—or just slightly older—walk into the
shop.

“Joseph, what are you doing here?” Li Benyi said

unhappily when he saw the young man.

“To visit my brother and uncle, of course,” said

Joseph indifferently.

“Who’s your brother? We don’t have that kind of

relationship,” Li Benyi said.

“You’re still young and naive. I don’t blame you.”

Joseph frowned slightly before turning to Li Benyu.
“Uncle, have you considered the matter we
discussed previously?”
Li Benyu pondered and said, “Joseph, you should
know that the Companion Beast was specially
prepared for Little Yi by the family head...”

“Uncle, Little Yi is still young. If he wants to contract

a Mythical Companion Egg, he will have to wait at
least a decade. You also know how fast the world
changes. After more than a decade, Mythical
Companion Eggs will no longer be worth anything.
Lend me the Companion Egg now. You also know
that I’ve already contracted a Guardian. With the
help of a Mythical Companion Beast, it will be like
adding wings to a tiger. Killing Mythical creatures
will be as easy as flipping a hand. How many
Mythical Companion Eggs do you want in the
future? When Little Yi grows up, I’ll give him ten
Mythical Companion Eggs...”

Zhou Wen and Li Xuan listened for a while and

roughly understood what was going on. However,
these family matters after all. The two of them
didn’t know the details, so they didn’t say anything.

“Joseph, I’m really sorry. This Companion Egg is said

to be for Joseph, but it’s actually the dowry that the
family head gave to your aunt. The meaning is
different. I can’t lend it to you,” Li Benyu said.

“Uncle, why haven’t you gotten your head out of

the mud? You and Aunt have raised me since I was
young, just like my biological parents. Now that I’ve
contracted a Guardian, I have authority in the
family. In the future, my authority will only grow.
My parents are long dead, and you are my only
family. In the future, not only will I take care of you
and Aunt, but Little Yi will also have me to take care
of in the future. Won’t he have all the best
resources when that happens? Now that I have the
ability, I’ll repay you in the future. You also know
that I’ve just contracted a Guardian and haven’t had
the time to obtain a Mythical Companion Beast. If
you help me now, it will be helping your own
family...” Joseph continued persuading.

“I really can’t help you with this matter.

Furthermore, we adopted you back then only
because your mother is my wife’s sister. We didn’t
expect you to repay us. We just want you to live
well,” Li Benyu said.

Joseph’s expression became a little nasty. “Uncle,

let’s talk about this later. You have to discuss it with
my aunt after all. She should understand that this is
a good thing for our family.”

“Then wait for her to come back. I still have guests

to entertain, so I won’t keep you,” Li Benyu said.

Joseph glanced at Zhou Wen and curled his lips in

disdain. “Zhou Wen, right? I heard that your
Companion Beasts are very strong? Unfortunately,
the era of Companion Beasts is over. In the future, it
will be the Guardian’s world. It’s useless having so
many Companion Beasts.”

Li Xuan couldn’t stand it any longer as he quipped,

“It may be useless, but it isn’t stopping you from
shamelessly requesting one.”

Joseph’s expression turned ugly. Before he could

flare up, Li Benyu said, “Gentlemen, the family head
is still waiting to meet you. I’ll take you there.”

With that said, Li Benyu pulled Li Benyi along with

him and left the shop with Zhou Wen and Li Xuan.

Chapter 996: Choices ABC

Translator: CKtalon
After leaving the shop, Li Xuan asked Li Benyu,
“Brother Li, if it’s convenient, can you tell me what’s
going on with this Joseph?”

“This...” Li Benyu was a little hesitant.

Li Benyi said angrily, “What’s there not to say? That

Joseph is an ingrate.”

After Li Benyi’s explanation, Zhou Wen and

company finally learned the details.

Just as they had guessed, Joseph’s mother and Li

Benyu’s wife were biological sisters. When Joseph
was around twelve, his parents entered a
dimensional zone and never returned—Joseph
became an orphan.
Therefore, Li Benyu and his wife adopted Joseph.
Although they couldn’t say that they treated him
the same as Li Benyi, they tried their best to take
care of him, allowing him to live a carefree life. They
even gave him various resources and opportunities.

On the surface, Joseph was respectful and kind to

them. When he grew up, he even helped run the
factory. Who knew that he would secretly siphon
off funds in the factory and nearly caused the
factory to close down?

Only then did Li Benyu suspect that there was

something wrong with Joseph. If not for his
deceased mother, it would have been enough to
send him to jail.

As for the details, Li Benyi didn’t say much.

However, one could tell that it wasn’t Joseph’s sole
instance. Now, he was even thinking of targeting
their Mythical Companion Egg. He was extremely
shameless.

Li Xuan and Zhou Wen were taken aback when they

heard that. They never expected such a person to
exist in the world.

This wasn’t hearsay. They had seen Joseph’s face

with their own eyes today. It was no wonder Li
Benyi hated him so much.

“To think that such a person would be fancied by a

Guardian. From the looks of it, the Guardian’s
standards aren’t that great,” Li Xuan said.

Li Benyi pursed his lips and said, “Do you know what
Joseph’s Guardian’s name is? His name is Lie.”
“The Guardian ranked 14th?” Li Xuan and Zhou Wen
immediately thought of the Guardian on the
rankings.

“Yes. Although Joseph has never said what his

Guardian’s name is, it can’t be hidden once he’s on
the rankings. I’m guessing that he must have
obtained this Guardian in the Maze of Lies. It’s
obvious that Joseph and his Guardian aren’t good
people,” Li Benyi said.

Zhou Wen had previously heard from Sadie and

company that the Maze of Lies was a famous
dimensional zone near Frost City.

In the Maze of Lies, one absolutely couldn’t speak

the truth. Once one spoke the truth, they would be
killed by the taboo power inside. Therefore,
humans who entered the maze typically sealed their
mouths to prevent themselves from speaking, lest
they trigger the taboo power.

After all, it was impossible for an ordinary human to

not tell a single truth.

“Dad, why did you stop Zhou Wen just now? Let
Zhou Wen use Tyrant Behemoth and Tai Sui to
defeat him. Let’s see how arrogant he can be,” Li
Benyi said.

“He has a Guardian. Don’t take it to heart.” Li Benyu

was actually afraid that Zhou Wen would be injured.

Although Tyrant Behemoth and Tai Sui might be

very strong, just as Joseph had said, people now felt
that Guardians were invincible. Companion Beasts
were no match for them. Otherwise, how could
Guardians be ranked at the top of the rankings? No
Companion Beast’s ranking could surpass those
Guardians.

Therefore, Li Benyu stopped them in time to

prevent Zhou Wen and company from being injured
by the Guardian.

“So what if he has a Guardian? One Tyrant

Behemoth can defeat him, much less Tai Sui,” Li
Benyi said.

“So in your hearts, my Guardian is so weak. It’s no

wonder Uncle refuses to lend me the Companion
Egg. It’s because you look down on my Guardian.”
At some point in time, Joseph had followed them
and heard Li Benyi’s words.

“Little Yi was just joking. Don’t take the child’s

words seriously,” Li Benyu had no choice but to say.
“No, Little Yi has a huge misunderstanding about
me and my Guardian. From the looks of it, I have to
resolve this misunderstanding.” Joseph looked at Li
Benyi and said, “Little Yi, since you think his
Companion Beast is stronger than my Guardian,
why don’t we make a bet? Let him fight me. If he
wins, it will prove that your words are correct. I
won’t mention borrowing Companion Eggs again in
the future. If he loses, why don’t you lend me your
Companion Egg?”

With that said, Joseph added with a smile, “Since

you are so confident in his Companion Beast, you
wouldn’t be afraid to accept my challenge, right?”

Before Li Benyu could say a word, Li Benyi said, “Of

course I dare. However, Zhou Wen and company
are guests. I can’t trouble them.”
Joseph looked at Zhou Wen and said, “Little Yi is so
confident in you. Don’t you want to help him?”

Li Benyu hurriedly interjected, “Joseph, they are the

family head’s guests. Don’t mess around.”

However, Joseph curled his lips and said, “What

guest of the family head? Aren’t they just Lance and
Sadie’s friends? Lance has already been defeated by
me. When I’m free in the future, I’ll defeat Sadie
and let the family know who the real genius is.”

“Are you sure you want to challenge me?” Zhou

Wen suddenly asked.

“Of course, if Little Yi is willing to let you represent

him, I don’t mind letting him know that in this
world, only the Guardians are truly powerful
existences,” said Joseph.
“Alright, wait a moment.” Zhou Wen took out his
phone and sent a message to Lance and Sadie.

After all, he was a guest invited by Lance and Sadie.

It didn’t seem too good to kill the Guardian of the
Ultimate Family Clan here, so he informed the two
of them first.

Joseph was quite a distance away from Zhou Wen,

but his eyes were good. He realized that the friend
icon he was talking to belonged to Lance.

“You only want to investigate me now? Isn’t it too

late?” Joseph said contemptuously.

He didn’t spend much effort defeating Lance

because the latter was only at the Epic stage. He
didn’t even have a Mythical Companion Beast, so he
easily won with a Guardian.

Therefore, he was very certain that Lance didn’t

have any information to divulge to Zhou Wen.

However, when Joseph saw Zhou Wen’s message,

he nearly blew his top.

“There’s a person in your family named Joseph who

wants to challenge me. As he’s from your family, I
want to ask for your opinion. As for the three
options below regarding the Guardian, which one is
more suitable? Please reply with the letter as soon
as possible.”

A: Beat him to death.

B: Cripple him.
C: Knock him out.

Then, Joseph realized that Zhou Wen had copied

the message and sent it to Sadie as well.

Beep! Beep!

Soon, Lance and Sadie replied. Their answers were

unanimous: “A.”

Chapter 997: The Maze of Lies

Translator: CKtalon

Lance and Sadie gave the answer A, clearly telling

Zhou Wen that there was no need to have any
qualms.
Since they didn’t mind, Zhou Wen didn’t need to
have any qualms. This Joseph was irritating.
Furthermore, he could also eliminate a Guardian in
passing. There was no reason for him to let him off.

After receiving the answer, Zhou Wen looked at Li

Benyi and asked, “Are you willing to let me fight him
on your behalf?”

“Of course I’m willing. Please let him know that a

Guardian is nothing impressive,” Li Benyi said
excitedly.

“Didn’t you want to challenge me? You can do it

now,” Zhou Wen said to Joseph.

“You sure are confident to think nothing of

Guardians.” Joseph curled his lips in disdain before
asking Li Benyu, “Uncle, can he represent you? If he
loses, will you really lend me the Mythical
Companion Egg?”

Li Benyu was somewhat hesitant, but Li Benyi said

to him, “Dad, please agree. Zhou Wen has the
strongest Tai Sui and Tyrant Behemoth. He won’t
lose. Please, Dad.”

Li Benyu patted Li Benyi’s head. “Alright, I agree.”

Li Benyu didn’t have as much confidence in Zhou

Wen as Li Benyi did. However, no matter how
precious a Mythical Companion Egg was, it
ultimately belonged to Li Benyi in the future. There
were some things that he should experience.
It was naturally best if Zhou Wen could win, but
even if he lost, he could teach Li Benyi a deep lesson
that he would never forget.

Although he might lose a Mythical Companion Egg,

Li Benyu believed that it wasn’t an unacceptable
price.

If Zhou Wen knew that Li Benyu was thinking this

way, he would probably sigh. The son of a rich
family was really blessed.

“Uncle, it’s not that I don’t believe you, but there

are some things that need to be made black and
white or it might hurt our family’s feelings when the
time comes,” said Joseph.

Li Benyu frowned, but before he could say anything,

Zhou Wen continued, “Yes, we should make a
contract. Both parties are responsible for any losses
incurred during the duel. It will save us trouble.”

“Yes, in case Joseph cries from the beating and goes

to the family head to complain again,” Li Benyi said.

“Also, if I lose, you can take the Companion Egg.

What if you lose?” Zhou Wen asked Li Benyi.

“I won’t mention borrowing the Companion Egg

again in the future,” said Joseph without blushing.

Zhou Wen was about to say something when Li

Benyu shook his head and said, “Forget it. It’s fine
as long as there’s no trouble in the future.”

Zhou Wen felt that Li Benyu had his own

considerations. If he were to take something from
Joseph now, it would only spell trouble if he
continued to pester them in the future.

Since Li Benyu had already said so, Zhou Wen didn’t

say anything else. Joseph quickly came up with two
contracts. After Zhou Wen and company saw that
there was no problem, they signed and thumb-
printed the contract.

“Since it’s a fair duel, let’s fight in the family’s arena

tomorrow. It will also let everyone know that the
era of Guardians has arrived,” Joseph said
arrogantly after putting away the contract.

Before the Guardians appeared, Zhou Wen could be

said to be the top representative of the younger
generation. He had powerful Companion Beasts and
excellent talent.
Everyone in the Federation’s six families knew Zhou
Wen’s name. Even the older generation feared him.

He wanted to fight Zhou Wen not only because of

the Mythical Companion Egg, but also because he
wanted to tell everyone that he, Joseph, was a true
genius, a person recognized by God. The so-called
geniuses in the past were just humans blowing their
own trumpets. They had never obtained the
recognition of God.

Therefore, he chose to fight in the family’s arena.

Furthermore, he wanted to wait until tomorrow to
let everyone in the Ultimate Family Clan know of
this matter. At the same time, he could personally
defeat Zhou Wen in front of his family’s elders and
peers.
He had absolute confidence in Guardians, believing
that only a Guardian could defeat another
Guardian.

Zhou Wen felt that it didn’t matter and agreed.

Joseph then left in excitement. It was easy to
imagine that he would quickly inform everyone he
knew to watch the battle tomorrow.

In fact, even if Joseph didn’t publicize it, Frost City

was only small. There were no secrets that could be
hidden. Soon, everyone would know.

“Zhou Wen, do you need our help to prepare

anything?” Li Benyi felt that Zhou Wen was helping
him in battle and that he should do something.

“If possible, take us to the nearby dimensional

zones to take a look. We just came to Frost City and
are very interested in the dimensional zones here,”
Zhou Wen said.

“Don’t you need to prepare for tomorrow’s battle?”

Li Benyi asked.

“I’m already prepared. There’s no need to make any

last-minute preparations,” Zhou Wen said.

“That’s right. With Tai Sui and Tyrant Behemoth

around, you can definitely defeat Joseph’s
Guardian. I’m really looking forward to tomorrow’s
battle.” Li Benyi wore a look of anticipation.

Under the lead of the Li father-and-son duo, Zhou

Wen, Li Xuan, Feng Qiuyan, and Ya’er went to a few
more famous dimensional zones.
Unfortunately, Zhou Wen didn’t discover the tiny
palm symbol in the first few dimensional zones.
When he arrived at the Maze of Lies, he chanced
upon a tiny palm symbol.

“Is this the dimensional zone where Joseph

obtained the Guardian?” Li Xuan asked curiously.

“That’s right. The Maze of Lies is very special. You

mustn’t tell the truth after entering. For example, if
you say your name, it will be the truth. You will be
killed by the taboo inside...” Li Benyi explained the
situation inside the Maze of Lies.

Zhou Wen took out his phone and casually took a

picture of the tiny palm symbol. Soon, the Maze of
Lies dungeon was downloaded.

According to the Li father-and-son duo, the Maze of

Lies was rather dangerous. Apart from the taboo of
not being able to speak the truth, the dimensional
creatures inside had very strange powers.

For example, there was a Mischief Clown that

would hide in the maze and call your name out of
the blue. If you answered, it was equivalent to
telling the truth. You would be killed by the taboo in
the Maze of Lies.

Apart from using the taboo power, the Mischief

Clown also had some strange skills. For example, he
had an elastic ball that would cause the body to
bounce uncontrollably if it was hit by it, making it
difficult to dodge its attack.

There were many strange dimensional creatures

inside. According to the legends here, the
dimensional zone, Maze of Lies, was likely owned by
a very famous deity. It was the legendary God of
Mischief and Lies, Loki.
Legend has it that in the deepest part of the Maze
of Lies, there was a magical mask of mischief. One
would gain Loki’s divine powers from wearing the
mask.

Of course, that was only a legend. No one had really

seen the mask.

Chapter 998: Can’t Tell the Truth

Translator: CKtalon

After circling Frost City, Zhou Wen felt that his

Glimmer Life Soul was already showing signs of a
breakthrough, just falling short of it. For some
reason, he couldn’t really break through to the
Perfect Body.
Could it be that I can’t advance the Glimmer Life
Soul by just going to new places? Zhou Wen
thought of all sorts of possibilities, but he couldn’t
figure out the problem.

In Frost City, he had only downloaded a copy of

Maze of Lies. There were many famous dimensional
zones in the North District, but it required them to
leave Frost City. Zhou Wen and company didn’t plan
on going for the time being.

After returning to his residence, Zhou Wen realized

that Lance, Sadie, and Gulli were waiting for them.

Lance didn’t look injured, but he was in a

wheelchair. His leg must have been injured badly. A
beautiful girl was standing behind the wheelchair. It
looked like she had pushed Lance over.
“I’ve been waiting for you. Unfortunately, I’m
temporarily unable to fight you,” Lance said
helplessly.

“Is your leg alright? Do you need help?” Zhou Wen’s

Primordial Human Sovereign was very effective in
treating external injuries.

Lance shook his head and said, “I’ll be fine after a

few days of rest. There’s no problem. As for you,
you have to be careful when fighting Joseph. His
abilities... No... I should say that his Guardian
abilities are somewhat strange...”

“Strange in what way?” Zhou Wen wasn’t a fanatic

who pursued combat excitement, so every bit he
learned about Joseph’s Guardian was for the better.
“I attacked his body with all my might, but in the
end, all his injuries were transferred to me.” Lance
explained the situation.

“Damage reflection?” Zhou Wen asked.

“No, if it was damage reflection, I would have

known back then. His ability made the injuries on
him appear on me after I was done with the assault.
It was as though those injuries were alive and could
run on their own,” said Lance.

“That’s quite a special ability.” Zhou Wen pondered

as he thought about how to deal with such an
ability.

“But if it’s you, it shouldn’t be a problem. I’m

looking forward to your performance tomorrow.”
Lance smiled.
“If I destroy his Guardian, will your family really be
fine?” Zhou Wen found it odd and couldn’t help but
ask.

“No problem,” Lance answered with certainty.

“From the looks of it, Joseph is really hated by

everyone. At the very least, he has a Guardian. How
can the family not value him?” Li Xuan said.

“The family also wants to value him, but

unfortunately, he doesn’t share the same views as
the family. He has secretly done many things that
have harmed the family’s interests. He believes he
did them flawlessly, but in fact, the elders in the
family are already well aware of them. They are just
discussing how to deal with him,” Sadie said.
“I see.” Only then did Zhou Wen understand why
Sadie and Lance had answered so readily.

It turned out that their family had originally planned

on dealing with Joseph, but they were somewhat
afraid of his Guardian. Furthermore, Joseph was
ultimately a member of the Ultimate Family Clan, so
it wasn’t appropriate for them to make things too
nasty, making the other families in the North
District laugh at them.

Zhou Wen suddenly wanted to fight Joseph. If he

could really kill Joseph’s Guardian, it would help the
Ultimate Family Clan resolve a problem. They were
naturally more than happy to see it happen.

“From the looks of it, one doesn’t necessarily enjoy

special treatment just because they have powerful
strength. It’s no wonder Joseph didn’t plan on
letting Li Benyi’s Mythical Companion Egg off,” Zhou
Wen said with a sigh.

“Uncle Li and Aunt raised Joseph for nearly ten

years and treated him like their own son. They
invested all sorts of resources into him, but what he
did bitterly disappointed us, let alone Uncle Li and
Aunt,” Sadie said.

Everyone chatted for a while before Lance and

company returned. They agreed to celebrate after
Zhou Wen’s victory tomorrow.

...

Zhou Wen lay in bed and took out his phone to

open the Maze of Lies dungeon he had downloaded
today.
After entering the game, the blood-colored avatar
appeared in front of an ancient castle. The castle
looked very strange, like an ancient amusement
park. The various buildings were very strange.

Furthermore, the castle door looked like a clown’s

face. The door was the clown’s laughing mouth.
Entering the castle was like being devoured by a
clown.

“Are you a man or a woman?” A line of words

suddenly appeared on the door. A pop-up appeared
in-game. There were two options—male and
female.

Zhou Wen naturally chose male, but following that,

the blood-colored avatar exploded on the spot as
the screen went black.
Holy sh*t, so this is also the taboo power of the
Maze of Lies? Zhou Wen immediately understood
that he couldn’t make such choices in the Maze of
Lies.

Zhou Wen wanted to know the various strange

things in the maze, so he didn’t use the Heaven-
Opening Scripture. He dripped his blood and
revived before arriving at the door of the Maze of
Lies.

“Are you a good person or a bad person?” However,

this time, the question on the door changed. It was
different from what he had seen previously.

Zhou Wen immediately felt stumped. He felt that he

wasn’t considered a good person, but he didn’t
seem to have done anything too bad. He probably
wasn’t considered a bad person.
However, there were only two options on the
phone—good and bad. Zhou Wen had to choose
one of them.

I should be barely considered a good guy, right?

Then, according to the Maze of Lies, I should choose
‘bad person,’ right? Zhou Wen chose ‘bad person’
as his answer.

Bam!

The blood-colored avatar exploded on the spot

again. The armor and Essence Energy on his body
were useless.

How is that possible? Am I a bad person? Zhou Wen

found it unbelievable that the taboo power of the
Maze of Lies had determined that he was a bad
person.
Zhou Wen dripped his blood gloomily to revive
again, allowing the blood-colored avatar to come to
the entrance of the Maze of Lies.

What was even more depressing was that the

question on the Maze of Lies’s door changed again.

“Is your girlfriend your left hand or right hand?”

“...”

F*ck you. I’m not playing anymore. Zhou Wen

activated the Heaven-Opening Scripture and pushed
open the door to enter the Maze of Lies.

With the protection of the Heaven-Opening

Scripture of the Highest Elder, the taboo power
didn’t work on the blood-colored avatar as it
successfully entered the maze.

The first thing he saw when he entered the castle-

like maze was a huge merry-go-round.

The diameter of the merry-go-round was at least 30

meters. At this moment, the carousel was spinning,
and the horses were moving up and down.

On one of the wooden horses, Zhou Wen saw a

puppet clown in a clown costume. He was sitting on
the wooden horse with three different-colored balls
in his hand. He tossed them around as though he
was performing on stage.

Is this the Mischief Clown? Zhou Wen had already

heard from Li Benyi that Mischief Clown was an Epic
dimensional creature with very unique abilities.
It wasn’t difficult for Zhou Wen to kill Mischief
Clown, but he wanted to see what kind of abilities
the Mischief Clown had. If the skill was really good,
he could consider using it for fusion in the future.

When the clown who was tossing the ball saw the
blood-colored avatar, he threw the red, yellow, and
blue balls at it.

Chapter 999: Arena

Translator: CKtalon

Zhou Wen summoned the Great Might Vajra Bull

and got it to block in front of him.

With a boom, the red ball immediately turned into a

ball of flames after hitting the Great Might Vajra
Bull, enveloping its entire body.
Thankfully, the Great Might Vajra Bull’s body was
sufficiently powerful. The Epic flames had no effect
on it.

Seeing that the red ball was useless, the clown

threw the blue ball out. After the blue ball exploded
from the collision, it formed a huge ice fog that
could freeze people into ice.

Unfortunately, it was only at the Epic stage. The

Great Might Vajra Bull trembled and the frost on its
body immediately fell to the ground. It couldn’t be
injured at all.

Finally, the clown threw out the yellow ball. This

time, after the yellow ball shattered, there was no
fire or ice. There was only a plume of smoke, and
then there was nothing.
This yellow ball should be the so-called elastic ball,
right? From the looks of it, it’s useless. It has no
effect on Mythical creatures. Just as Zhou Wen was
thinking about it, Great Might Vajra took a step
forward.

With this step, the Great Might Vajra Bull’s body

seemed to have a spring installed in it. Its body
leaped up high. When it landed, it landed heavily on
the ground before being bounced even higher.

The Great Might Vajra Bull waved its hooves in the

air, but it couldn’t control its body. Its body seemed
to have turned into a bouncing ball as it bounced
around the ancient castle.

Although the puppet clown’s strength couldn’t

injure the Great Might Vajra Bull, it left it in a sorry
state.
This skill is interesting! Zhou Wen suddenly realized
that this skill was quite good. It could actually affect
Mythical creatures.

However, this skill was clearly useless against the

Mischief Clown. The Great Might Vajra Bull quickly
adapted to the elasticity before transforming into
its thousand-handed, bull-headed form. With a
golden beam in its hand, it blasted the clown apart.

Zhou Wen circled the maze and encountered quite

a number of Mischief Clowns. Therefore, he killed
every one of them, hoping to obtain a few Mischief
Clown Companion Eggs to use for synthesis in the
future.

This skill was useless for the Mischief Clown, but it

might be useful when paired with powerful pets.
As he farmed the clowns, he searched the maze.
However, in the maze that resembled an
amusement park, there were Mischief Clowns
everywhere, but he didn’t see any other
dimensional creatures.

Strange, Li Benyi clearly said that there were many

strange dimensional creatures here. Why do I only
see clowns? Zhou Wen was somewhat puzzled, but
he couldn’t find any other dimensional creatures.

...

While Zhou Wen was grinding dungeons, the news

of his battle with Joseph had already spread
throughout Frost City. It wasn’t just the members of
the Ultimate Family Clan. Even the other families
and ordinary people in Frost City learned of this
news.
Ordinary people weren’t too familiar with the name
Zhou Wen, but some of the more powerful families
knew what the name represented.

Before the Guardians appeared, Zhou Wen was

synonymous with invincibility among the younger
generation. However, with the Guardians around,
no one could guarantee that Zhou Wen would be as
invincible as before.

The top fourteen on the rankings were all

Guardians. Such a battle result was too dazzling,
making it impossible for people not to treat the
strength of Guardians seriously.

Although Joseph’s Lie Guardian was only ranked

14th, it still suppressed all Companion Beasts that
fought alone. Furthermore, the Lie had never
fought other Guardians. Perhaps its combat
strength was higher than its actual ranking.
Therefore, early at dawn the next day, many people
from Frost City went to the arena. However, most
of them were here to see the Guardian. Only a small
number of people had expectations for Zhou Wen.

When Zhou Wen arrived at the arena, he saw that it

was already packed with people. Even the top of
the walls had people standing on them, and the
entrance was packed to the brim.

“Brother, can you make way and let us pass?” Li

Xuan led the way, but after squeezing for a long
time, he failed to squeeze in. There were too many
people inside.

“Let you pass? As if I don’t wish to enter? Do you

think it will work? If it works, I’ll be watching the
duel inside. If you want to watch the duel, slowly
squeeze in. Don’t keep thinking about stupid tricks,”
the man in front said.

Li Xuan thought to himself, If Zhou Wen doesn’t

enter, what match is there to watch?

He naturally couldn’t say that, so he could only

continue squeezing in.

Thankfully, Li Xuan had a solution. He released

some Stinky Gu and immediately, the people nearby
couldn’t help but squeeze to the side. Finally, they
had more space to move around.

However, this move hurt indiscriminately. It wasn’t

easy for them either.

After squeezing in with great difficulty, there was

still a sea of people inside. It was unknown why the
people of Frost City were so free to come here early
in the morning to watch their duel.

“From the looks of it, that punk, Joseph, has spent

quite a bit of effort. He got so many people here
just to finish you in front of everyone.” Li Xuan saw
through Joseph’s thoughts.

“Actually, I don’t like so many spectators,” Zhou

Wen said.

The few of them continued to squeeze in.

Thankfully, Gulli discovered them through the
surveillance cameras and sent someone to pick
them up.

“Why did you enter through the main entrance?

Why didn’t you use the special underground
passageway!?” Gulli asked Zhou Wen and company
in puzzlement.
“There’s a special passageway?” The three of them
were taken aback.

“You said there was no need to pick you up, so I

thought you knew. Let’s not talk about this. Let’s
head to the lounge to prepare. That punk, Joseph, is
dying of eagerness,” Gulli said.

Joseph was indeed impatient. The two of them

should have gone on stage at the same time, but
Joseph had already long appeared in the arena.
Furthermore, this fellow was delivering a speech.

“Although I grew up in Frost City, I believe there are

many people who don’t know my name. My name
is Joseph, and I’m a member of the Ultimate Family
Clan. As a person chosen by God, I’ve signed a
contract with a Guardian, I will represent the deities
to protect Frost City of Frost. No matter what
difficulties I encounter, even if I have to sacrifice my
life, I will fight foreign enemies to the death...”

“It’s a pity this fellow isn’t a politician...” Li Xuan

said with a twitch of his lips when he heard Joseph’s
speech.

However, the ordinary citizens who didn’t know

Joseph well cheered after hearing his words. Some
even shouted his name. It looked like he had
successfully fooled many people.

“What a worrisome fellow,” Gulli said gloomily.

Zhou Wen saw Sadie, Lance, and company when he
arrived in the lounge.

“Zhou Wen, you definitely can defeat him and let

those people know how powerful Tyrant Behemoth
and Tai Sui are, right?” Li Benyi asked Zhou Wen.
“Of course. I still have some experience in killing
Guardians. Don’t worry.” Zhou Wen ruffled Li
Benyi’s hair before walking towards the entrance.

The moment Zhou Wen walked out of the tunnel,

he immediately heard a tsunami-like booing.

Regardless of who was in the right or wrong, from

the perspective of the people in Frost City, Zhou
Wen was an outsider. They were naturally more
willing to support the local Joseph and had treated
Zhou Wen as an enemy.

Chapter 1000: Make Sure You Don’t Move

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Translator: CKtalon
Seeing Zhou Wen enter the arena, Joseph’s eyes
narrowed slightly as he waved his hand and said,
“Isn’t your Tyrant Behemoth very strong? Then I’ll
wait for you to summon it. If I were to attack first,
you wouldn’t even have the chance to summon a
Companion Beast.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the spectator

stands were filled with cheers. Regardless of
whether Joseph had the ability or not, such a
domineering declaration made the locals who
supported him feel their blood boil. Furthermore,
the people here were valiant. It was a place that
held martial arts in high esteem.

“This person... really doesn’t know the meaning of

death...” Li Xuan said with a smile.

Feng Qiuyan pondered for a moment before saying,

“With Joseph’s personality, he should have some
ulterior motives for doing so. Previously, Lance said
that Joseph has the ability to harm others by
transferring injuries. I think he plans on using that
move.”

“That’s why I said that he hasn’t died before. He

actually dares to use a technique that he has
already used before in front of Zhou Wen. I’m afraid
he doesn’t even know how he died,” Li Xuan said
with a smile.

“That’s true. Since Coach already knows that he has

such an ability, it would be too naive for him to use
this move against Coach,” Feng Qiuyan said with a
nod.

Seeing Li Xuan and Feng Qiuyan looking as though

Zhou Wen was bound to win, Li Benyu couldn’t help
but frown and say, “A Guardian’s strength is the
strongest at present. Furthermore, Zhou Wen
hasn’t seen Lance and Joseph’s battle with his own
eyes. It’s best to be careful. It’s best to summon
more Companion Beasts to probe his strength.”

Li Xuan and Feng Qiuyan didn’t say a word as Lance

said with a smile, “Uncle Li, don’t worry. If the move
he already knows about can injure him, he won’t be
Zhou Wen.”

Upon hearing Lance’s words, Li Benyu couldn’t help

but be surprised.

Lance was a very hardworking person, and his talent

was unparalleled.

Although he had lost to Joseph, most people in the

Ultimate Family Clan didn’t believe that it was a
true defeat.
This was because Lance didn’t contract a Guardian
or use a Mythical Companion Beast. It was an unfair
battle against Joseph, so the Ultimate Family Clan’s
importance of Lance didn’t decrease at all.

Li Benyu had never seen Lance praise others in such

a tone. Even an elite like Sadie had never been
praised by Lance like this.

Li Benyi also said confidently, “Dad, don’t worry.

With Tyrant Behemoth and Tai Sui around, Zhou
Wen will definitely win.”

“Is that so?” Li Benyu looked at Zhou Wen in

disbelief. He didn’t know what kind of magic Zhou
Wen had that made these people so confident in
him. It could be said that it was blind faith.

In the arena, Zhou Wen wasn’t angered by Joseph’s

provocation. He said without a change in
expression, “There’s no need for Tyrant Behemoth
to deal with you. Just summoning a Companion
Beast is sufficient.”

The moment Zhou Wen said that, the crowd booed.

To the locals of Frost City, Zhou Wen’s words were
too arrogant.

Although Joseph didn’t dare say that he was

invincible, he had a Guardian after all. On the
rankings, only a Guardian could surpass a Guardian
on the rankings. Even if Lie was defeated, it wasn’t
something any Companion Beast could defeat.

“Is that so? Then just randomly summon a

Companion Beast. I’ll stand here motionless and see
how you defeat me,” said Joseph coldly as a cold
glint flashed in his eyes.
The people of Frost City cheered for Joseph. Zhou
Wen only smiled. “Stand still? I hope you will do as
you say.”

“You don’t have the right to make me move,”

Joseph continued provocatively.

He wasn’t doing it purely for his reputation, but to

infuriate Zhou Wen and get him to use all his
strength. The more serious his injuries were, the
stronger the Guardian would be.

Lie had a skill called Hypocritical Transaction. When

using this skill, the damage he suffered would be
transferred to the opponent who injured him.

However, Hypocritical Transaction had a time limit.

He only had a few seconds for the transaction, so he
wanted to infuriate Zhou Wen and get his
Companion Beast to attack with all its might. After
transferring the power that was released, in the
span of a few seconds, there was a possibility of
directly killing the other party’s Companion Beast.

He wanted Zhou Wen to lose a Mythical Companion

Beast first. This was the price Zhou Wen had to pay
for underestimating him.

The reason why Joseph dared to challenge Zhou

Wen was because of the existence of this move.
This was a skill that was the nemesis of Tyrant
Behemoth. The stronger Tyrant Behemoth was, the
higher the possibility of death.

Zhou Wen didn’t say anything else as he summoned

a Companion Beast.

Everyone looked at the short sword beside Zhou

Wen in surprise. It was a red sheathed short sword
that was about a foot long. The hilt resembled the
head of a phoenix, making it look extremely
exquisite.

They had never seen such a Companion Beast

before and didn’t know its origins. However, they
were somewhat disappointed that Tyrant
Behemoth wasn’t summoned.

Tyrant Behemoth’s domineering stance of

invincibility was something they had admired. They
never expected Zhou Wen to summon a short
sword that didn’t look domineering at all.

Li Benyi, Lance, and company were also intrigued.

They didn’t know what was so special about the
short sword Zhou Wen had summoned. They
wondered if it could really be effective on Joseph.

“What Companion Beast is that sword? Is it very

powerful? Why didn’t he use Tyrant Behemoth and
Tai Sui?” Li Benyi looked at Lance in puzzlement,
hoping that he could answer his doubts.

Lance looked at the Bronze Sparrow Sword in front

of Zhou Wen and said, “From the aura of that
sword, it should be a fire-elemental Mythical
Companion Beast. It being a sword and fire-
elemental in nature, there’s no doubt that it’s a
Companion Beast with extremely high offensive
strength. However, Joseph has the ability to
transfer damage. It’s very risky to use such a
Companion Beast to attack Joseph. However, Zhou
Wen definitely has his own plans. We’ll just watch.”

Li Benyi also became nervous when Lance said that.

Li Benyu’s judgment was the same as Lance’s. He

also felt that it was clearly irrational for Zhou Wen
to use such a Companion Beast to fight Joseph.
The best way to deal with an ability that could
exchange damage was to use Companion Beasts
with the ability to confine the opponent’s body. This
was a more normal solution.

Clearly, Zhou Wen didn’t have such plans.

“Are you ready?” Zhou Wen held the Bronze

Sparrow Sword and asked Joseph.

“Anytime. However, such a crappy sword probably

can’t injure me. It’s best you summon Tyrant
Behemoth,” Joseph mocked.

“Since you’re ready, make sure you don’t move,”

Zhou Wen said as he unsheathed his sword. The
fiery-red Bronze Sparrow Sword tore out of its
scabbard and stabbed at Joseph with a tornado-like
inferno.
With the augmentation of Vajra Drill, the Bronze
Sparrow Sword instantly appeared in front of
Joseph and stabbed into his chest.

Well done! Joseph wasn’t alarmed but delighted.

Such a violent attack meant that the sword-shaped
Companion Beast was indeed very strong. It was
enough to teach Zhou Wen a lesson by killing it first.

Chapter 1001: Not Moving

Translator: CKtalon

A faint fog seemed to appear on Joseph’s

mysterious gray armor. The Bronze Sparrow Sword
pierced through the armor and his chest. The tip of
the sword was revealed behind him as flames
burned crazily.
“Die!” Joseph felt that such an attack was already
powerful enough. He steeled his heart and wanted
to transfer his injuries to the Bronze Sparrow
Sword.

As the Bronze Sparrow Sword had injured him, he

could only transfer it to the Bronze Sparrow Sword
and not Zhou Wen.

However, before he could use Hypocritical

Transaction to transfer his injuries, the Bronze
Sparrow Sword had already exploded. A terrifying
explosive force exploded in Joseph’s body like a
nuclear bomb.

Not good! Joseph’s expression changed drastically.

The explosion of the Bronze Sparrow Sword
instantly made him lose his target of damage
transfer. Ignoring the fact that his injuries couldn’t
be transferred, even Lie probably couldn’t
withstand such a terrifying explosion.

Almost instantly, Joseph activated Lie’s Wheel of

Destiny: False God Statue.

Boom!

Joseph’s body was blasted apart by the flames,

shocking everyone watching. No one expected such
a situation to happen.

Thankfully, Joseph’s figure suddenly appeared in a

corner of the arena as he half-knelt on the ground.
He wasn’t blasted to death. What was blasted to
death was a fake statue that was akin to an avatar.

However, the injuries he had suffered previously

couldn’t be transferred out. His chest was dripping
with blood as his face turned pale. He looked like he
was in a terrible condition.

In the silent arena, Zhou Wen held the Bronze

Sparrow Sword’s scabbard which spewed out
flames. It condensed a new Bronze Sparrow Sword
that looked flawless.

“Wow! Too powerful... What kind of Companion

Beast is that? It’s so cool. I’ve decided! I’ll create
such Companion Beast figurines in the future...” Li
Benyi exclaimed excitedly.

Li Benyu wore an odd expression. Zhou Wen’s strike

had indeed exceeded his imagination.

“Didn’t you say you were not going to move?” Zhou

Wen asked Joseph.
“You... pulled a trick...” Joseph’s expression turned
nasty as he gritted his teeth and stood up. He stared
at Zhou Wen and continued, “Don’t be too smug.
Schemes can only last for a while. In front of true
strength, scheming is useless. I’ll let you know what
true strength is.”

With that said, the Guardian armor on Joseph’s

body emitted a mysterious fog. His injured chest
and armor rapidly recovered in the mysterious fog.
In the blink of an eye, he returned to normal as
though he had never been injured.

What powerful recovery ability. It’s actually

stronger than my self-healing ability? Li Xuan
widened his eyes in disbelief.

“From the looks of it, that shouldn’t be ordinary

self-healing, right?” Feng Qiuyan said after some
thought.
Sadie used the Eye of Odin to see more clearly. She
said, “It really doesn’t look like self-healing. It’s
more like some kind of time-reversal ability that
reverts his state to before he was injured.”

“That works too? Isn’t this too much of a bug? Such

a scumbag actually has such a powerful Guardian.
How depressing,” Li Xuan said.

Lance pondered and said, “I don’t think it’s that

easy to use such a powerful force like reversing the
flow of time. Perhaps, Joseph needs to pay a certain
price.”

“What kind of price could it be?” Li Xuan asked.

“I don’t know.” Lance shook his head.

In the spectator stands, many people from Frost
City began shouting Joseph’s name in unison.

To be able to escape from such a huge explosion

and instantly recover from his injuries, he looked as
powerful as a god.

However, they didn’t dare underestimate Zhou Wen

now. The strike from the Bronze Sparrow Sword
had left them somewhat horrified. Even now, they
still felt their scalps tingle when they thought of
that strike.

“Zhou Wen, are you prepared to suffer the wrath of

God’s chosen one?” Joseph said coldly as he stared
at Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen summoned some armor and put it on. He

said with a smile, “Since you can’t abide by the
agreement, it’s my turn to stand here motionless
and let you attack. Feel free to attack. I’m always a
man of my word. I won’t run.”

These words made Joseph’s expression turn nasty.

He originally imagined that he could use
Hypocritical Transaction to teach Zhou Wen a
lesson, but he never expected Zhou Wen to counter
him.

Now, Joseph knew that he had to suppress Zhou

Wen to protect the image he had painstakingly built
up in Frost City.

“You are tempting fate.” Joseph’s figure appeared

in front of Zhou Wen like a phantom as he punched
him in the chest.

Unlike ordinary people’s boxing techniques, there

was a ring on the middle finger of Joseph’s fist.
There was a spike on the ring. It was a poison spike
that came with Lie’s armor. Coupled with the use of
Essence Energy’s Sweet-Talking Punch, the poison
produced when the poisonous sting stabbed into
one’s body could make one hallucinate.

Even if Joseph didn’t kill Zhou Wen, Zhou Wen

would still fall into an illusion. If his will wasn’t firm,
he would commit suicide even without needing
Joseph to do a thing.

Clang!

However, when Joseph’s fist struck Zhou Wen’s

body, the poisonous sting failed to penetrate the
armor at all. Under the powerful impact, the
poisonous sting nearly snapped, but the armor
remained unharmed.

“Impossible? How can it have such powerful

defense?” Joseph refused to believe that his
Guardian powers couldn’t break through Zhou
Wen’s armor.

With that, Joseph quickly moved as he brandished

his fists and struck Zhou Wen with all his might.

Zhou Wen wore the Shell Dragon Armor and had

activated Absolute Defense. No matter how Joseph
attacked, he couldn’t break through the armor.

No matter how strong Lie was, it hadn’t activated its

Terror form. It was just too difficult to break
through the Absolute Defense. Back then, Night
Thearch hadn’t been able to directly penetrate the
Absolute Defense, much less Joseph.

The people in the spectator stands were

dumbfounded. Zhou Wen really stood there
motionless, allowing Joseph to attack.
In their eyes, the god-like Joseph was now a weak
child. No matter how he attacked, he couldn’t injure
Zhou Wen at all.

That fellow... What’s going on... A strange thought

arose in many people’s hearts as they looked at
Zhou Wen who was dressed in blue crystal armor as
though he was protected by the stars.

Could it be that the strength of a Companion Beast

is really stronger than a Guardian? Although they
were unwilling to believe it deep down, the image
of a Guardian suddenly didn’t seem so lofty in their
hearts when they saw Joseph fighting an adult like a
child.

“What Companion Beast is this? It’s so powerful.

Joseph can’t even leave a mark on the armor. It’s
just too powerful...” Li Benyi’s eyes lit up.
Ya’er glanced at Li Benyi and felt that this fellow
was so noisy as if he had never seen anything.

Chapter 1002: Subversion

Translator: CKtalon

The spectator stands were dead silent as everyone

stared blankly at the battle in the arena.

Perhaps it couldn’t be called a battle. It was like a

naughty child challenging a giant. Even if the giant
stood there without moving, the naughty child
couldn’t injure the giant at all.

Just as Joseph had said, it seemed to be the

difference in absolute strength.
“Why... Why is this happening... Why can’t I break
it...” Joseph changed his skills in an attempt to
break through Zhou Wen’s armor.

However, it was completely useless. No matter

what skill he used, it was blocked by the crystal-like
armor. It couldn’t injure Zhou Wen at all.

Joseph’s heart sank to the bottom. He never

imagined that he would lose to Zhou Wen, nor did
he believe that he, who had a Guardian, couldn’t
defeat a human without a contracted Guardian.

However, the truth was right before him. His heart

was already palpitating, and his hands were
trembling even more because he couldn’t see any
hope of victory.
Now, Joseph was already regretting his decision to
challenge Zhou Wen. Why did this darn Zhou Wen
have so many terrifying Companion Beasts?

“Even if I kill you, you won’t be able to kill me. From

the looks of it, there’s no need to continue fighting.
This battle is a draw,” said Joseph as he suddenly
retreated. He still wanted to preserve his final
dignity.

However, his words made even the locals who had

supported him find it unacceptable. All of them felt
their faces burn.

“A loss is a loss. What do you mean by a draw?

Can’t you act like a man?” a hot-tempered man in
the stands shouted.
This was also what many people thought. They felt
that Joseph should fight to the end. Even if he lost,
it wouldn’t be as embarrassing as now.

Zhou Wen looked at Joseph without any expression.

All he did was slowly dispel the Shell Dragon Armor
and Bronze Sparrow Sword. He held the Bamboo
Blade and said, “I won’t use any Companion Beasts.
I’ll only use this Essence Gold Bamboo Blade to fight
you. Do you dare fight?”

Instantly, the entire arena fell silent. Everyone

suspected that there was something wrong with
their ears or that Zhou Wen had gone mad.

The highest level humans could reach was the Epic

stage. If they didn’t use Mythical Companion Beasts,
they had no right to fight Guardians.
They admitted that Zhou Wen’s Companion Beasts
were very strong. They were practically invincible.
Without using Tyrant Behemoth, he had completely
suppressed Joseph, who had a Guardian.

However, this didn’t mean that they believed that

Zhou Wen was qualified to fight Joseph without a
Companion Beast.

“Are you sure there’s nothing wrong with his

brain?” Li Benyu was also stunned. He was originally
rejoicing over Zhou Wen’s victory, but, to his
surprise, Zhou Wen had said such crazy words.

Lance also stared at Zhou Wen with a burning gaze.

He knew what Zhou Wen wanted to do because he
had done the same thing, but he had failed.

“Of course he’s not crazy. He just wants to prove

that a Guardian is nothing impressive. We humans
can defeat a Guardian with our own strength,”
Sadie said with a complicated expression.

Although this sounded terrifying, Sadie didn’t find it

strange that Zhou Wen was capable of completing
such a feat.

“But... Can humans really defeat Guardians?” Li

Benyu couldn’t believe it.

Li Benyi also couldn’t believe it. He muttered to

himself, “Using a human’s body to defeat a
Guardian? Is that possible?”

Apart from Li Xuan, Feng Qiuyan, and Ya’er, no one

in Frost City believed that Zhou Wen could do it.

Humans maxed out at the Epic stage. There was a

huge gap between them and the Mythical stage. As
for Guardians, they were the best amongst those at
the Mythical stage. The difference between them
was just too great. The gap was so wide that no one
could see hope.

“Is he crazy? Without using a Companion Beast,

he’s only at the Epic stage. What right does he have
to fight the Guardian?”

“Victory blinds one.”

“I think victory makes people crazy.”

When the people in the stands snapped to their

senses, they began discussing spiritedly. Clearly,
they also felt that Zhou Wen had been blinded by
victory.
“Are you really not going to use a Companion Beast
to fight me?” Joseph looked at Zhou Wen in
disbelief. He couldn’t believe that a person like
Zhou Wen would make such a foolish decision.

“If I use a Companion Beast, even if it’s only at the

Legendary stage, it will be considered my loss.”
Zhou Wen immediately added, “However, I have a
condition.”

“What condition?” Joseph found it normal. There

was no reason for Zhou Wen to be such an idiot.

“Even if I lose using a Companion Beast, this battle

can’t end before I admit defeat. Do you dare accept
the challenge?” Zhou Wen had been observing the
powers of Lie.
It was indeed a very strong Guardian. Although it
wasn’t the kind with absolute strength, his abilities
were unique.

Zhou Wen was confident that he could defeat

Joseph, who had Lie, but he wasn’t completely
confident that he could completely destroy Lie
before Joseph admitted defeat.

Therefore, Zhou Wen had to force Joseph not to

admit defeat. He had to fight him to the end.

Everyone looked at Zhou Wen in shock, believing

that he had definitely gone mad. How was this a
condition? It was as though he had personally
delivered himself to the gallows.

Joseph stared at Zhou Wen with bloodshot eyes. He

felt like he had been greatly insulted.
“There’s no need to beat around the bush. Aren’t
you just trying to say that we won’t rest until one of
us dies? I’ll fulfill your wish. We won’t rest until one
of us dies. However, if you use a Companion Beast,
it will be your loss. I want you to commit suicide.”
Joseph’s eyes were red as his face couldn’t help but
grimace. His voice was filled with ruthlessness.

“Sure.” Zhou Wen nodded slightly.

“Everyone, you heard that, right? As a member of

the Ultimate Family Clan, you can guarantee me fair
treatment, right?” Joseph looked at the VIP stands
in the arena and said.

There, the upper echelons of the Ultimate Family

Clan were watching the battle.
“No one can violate the agreement here,” an elder
said calmly as he walked to the stands.

Joseph was delighted when he saw the elder. He

bowed respectfully before turning to Zhou Wen
with a ferocious expression. “Zhou Wen, I’ll gladly
accept your life.”

With that said, the Lie Guardian armor on Joseph’s

body emitted a mysterious fog that charged at Zhou
Wen with terrifying power.

Zhou Wen had already analyzed the various abilities

of Lie back when Joseph attacked. He already had
an idea of its strength.

He held the Bamboo Blade, but he didn’t pull it out

of its scabbard. As though riding the wind and
smoke like an immortal, he dodged Joseph’s strange
attacks.
Everyone saw that Zhou Wen really didn’t use a
Companion Beast and relied solely on his strength
to fight Joseph. Furthermore, Joseph didn’t have
the absolute advantage.

Zhou Wen’s elegant movement technique that

resembled a transcendent flying immortal was
deeply imprinted in many people’s minds.

“Can humans... really compete with Guardians?”

The people who rejected the notion previously had
their beliefs shaken.

That elegant figure was subverting their long-

established beliefs.

Chapter 1003: Slaying the Guardian

Translator: CKtalon
Zhou Wen’s movement techniques and saber
techniques were pleasing to the eye and looked
extremely elegant.

Even with the help of the Guardian’s powers,

Joseph’s Speed and Strength were stronger than
Zhou Wen’s in all aspects; yet, he was ultimately
unable to injure him.

Even ordinary people who didn’t know how strong

or weak their combat strength was could tell that
although Joseph’s Strength and Speed were great,
his technique and realm were far inferior to Zhou
Wen’s.

Zhou Wen relied solely on his technique and

combat experience to forcefully make up for the
difference in physique between the two.
The Mythical Transcendent Flying Immortal
combined with the Mythical Heart Defying Sword
made Zhou Wen appear no weaker in his battle
with Joseph.

Joseph was alarmed. He believed that after having a

Guardian, he was already one of the strongest
humans. Ignoring normal humans, even people with
Mythical Companion Beasts were probably no
match for him.

However, Zhou Wen didn’t even use a Companion

Beast. Just his strength, skills, and Essence Gold
saber were enough to render him helpless. It was
rather terrifying.

Joseph made up his mind. Previously, he had that

strange sword that prevented the Guardian’s
Hypocritical Transaction from finding a target to
transfer. Now that he can’t use Companion Beasts, I
don’t believe that he can withstand the damage
transfer. He can’t self-destruct, right?

However, with his previous experience, Joseph

didn’t dare be careless against Zhou Wen. Although
he felt that this move was feasible, he couldn’t
activate the Wheel of Destiny again anytime soon. If
his life ended up in danger, he couldn’t use the
False God Statue to escape.

To prevent any accidents, Joseph made a decision.

Zhou Wen used the Bamboo Blade as a sword and

used the Heart Defying Sword to perfection. The
might of his sword moves also became stronger.

As for Joseph, he seemed to be completely

suppressed by Zhou Wen. He seemed to be
retreating in defeat.
The spectators were already dumbfounded when
they saw this. They couldn’t believe that an Epic
human could suppress Joseph, who had a Guardian.

“Joseph seems to be deliberately luring Zhou Wen

into delivering greater might with his sword,” Sadie
said.

“That’s indeed the case. From the looks of it, he still

plans on using that damage transfer ability,” said
Lance.

“He still hasn’t learned his lesson after suffering a

loss. He just has to do it again,” Li Xuan said with a
curl of his lips.

“The situation now is probably a little different.

Zhou Wen is using an ordinary Essence Gold
weapon and not a saber transformed from a
Companion Beast. It’s impossible for him to let the
Bamboo Blade leave his hand to attack Joseph. If
the damage is transferred, it can be transferred to
Zhou Wen. Even if Zhou Wen were to throw the
saber out, Zhou Wen’s situation will be very bad if
the saber is destroyed,” Gulli said.

Lance thought for a moment, but he couldn’t think

of a way for Zhou Wen to nullify the damage
transfer. He pondered and said, “Since Zhou Wen
has agreed not to use Companion Beasts, there
should be a solution. Let’s continue watching.”

With Joseph luring Zhou Wen to use greater

strength, Zhou Wen’s might grew stronger and
stronger. This was also what Joseph wanted. He
wanted to use damage transfer to kill Zhou Wen.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhou Wen’s sword
stance was like a storm. It was impossible for him to
retract his force.

Joseph suddenly retreated, but the armor on his

body condensed into a Guardian that looked like a
devil. It faced the Bamboo Blade in Zhou Wen’s
hand.

Bamboo Blade crisscrossed over Lie’s body like bolts

of lightning, leaving deep marks on its body.

Without the augmentation of Mythical Strength,

Zhou Wen’s Strength was still a little weak. The
injuries he left on Lie weren’t deep.
Joseph was delighted when he saw this. Zhou Wen’s
strength wasn’t as terrifying as he imagined. It was
completely within the limits of Lie.

However, such a violent sword attack left many

wounds in a short period of time. Even if these
injuries couldn’t kill Zhou Wen, they could reduce
him to a heavily injured state.

“Zhou Wen, you’re dead.” Joseph roared as he

excitedly launched Hypocritical Transaction to
transfer the Guardian’s injuries to Zhou Wen.

However, in the next second, the excitement on

Joseph’s face froze. He realized that the Guardian’s
injuries couldn’t be transferred to Zhou Wen.

“Impossible... How can this be... You cheated... You

used the power of a Companion Beast to withstand
the Guardian’s damage transfer?” Joseph roared at
Zhou Wen with bloodshot eyes.

The people in the spectator stands also felt that

what Joseph said wasn’t impossible. Otherwise,
how could Zhou Wen, an Epic-stage human,
suppress the Guardian so badly?

“Do I need to cheat?” Zhou Wen said calmly as the

Bamboo Blade’s aura suddenly increased.

Instantly, Zhou Wen’s aura reached a terrifying

level. At the instant he brandished the Bamboo
Blade in his hand, he seemed to vanish.

When he appeared again, he was already at the

other end of the arena. He slowly returned Bamboo
Blade to its scabbard.
Crack!

And in the sky, Lie’s body split into two and was
killed on the spot.

Not far behind the Guardian, Joseph spat out a

mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

The arena was silent. Those who had doubted Zhou

Wen moments ago now felt the coldness deep in
their bones.

Is there a need to cheat? It really doesn’t seem like

there’s a need. This thought appeared in everyone’s
minds.

The strength of humans can really kill Guardians!

Apart from that, an unbelievable thought sprouted
in everyone’s hearts.
“You cheated... You cheated... It’s impossible for
human strength to defeat a Guardian... It’s
impossible for you to defeat me, a chosen one of
God... You must be cheating...” The wounds on
Joseph’s body were still bleeding, but he seemed to
have gone mad. He ignored his injuries and
struggled to get up and shout.

Zhou Wen didn’t kill him. After all, he was from the
Ultimate Family Clan. It was better to leave him to
the Ultimate Family Clan to deal with.

He originally imagined that the matter would end

here, but gray smoke suddenly rose from Joseph’s
body as though his body was turning into dust.

As for the smoke, it condensed into the appearance

of Lie above Joseph.
This strange scene left everyone horrified. As
Joseph constantly screamed, his body quickly
dissipated, and the smoke transformed into the
complete Lie.

However, the current Lie looked much more agile

and strange than the previous Lie.

“What happened? Aren’t Guardians supposed to

protect contractors? Why did it devour Joseph?”
Everyone felt their blood run cold.

Lie floated in the air as it looked at Zhou Wen with

its demonic eyes and said, “You defeated Joseph.
Now, you have the right to succeed Joseph as God’s
chosen one. I will bestow you supreme power.”

Chapter 1004: Frod

Translator: CKtalon
Zhou Wen only looked at Lie without saying a word.

He had plotted to kill the Guardian, but the other

party hadn’t died. Instead, he had devoured the
puppet-like Joseph. This Guardian seemed to be
stronger than Zhou Wen imagined.

Seeing Zhou Wen remain silent, Lie continued,

“Don’t think that defeating Joseph means defeating
me. In fact, my true strength far exceeds what you
see. It’s just that Joseph can’t use my true strength.
However, you are different. With your ability, you
can perfectly unleash my strength. When the time
comes, we can defeat many Guardians and become
the King of Earth.”

With that said, the gray smoke on the Guardian rose

and instantly enveloped the entire arena. As for the
people in the arena, they realized that they couldn’t
control their bodies.

All of them began clapping like puppets as they

shouted in unison, “Become the Kings of Earth
together...”

Everyone was horrified. Their minds were very

lucid, but for some reason, their bodies didn’t listen
to them at all. It was as though they were
controlled by a devil.

“Is this the true power of a Guardian?” Everyone

was alarmed, angry, and afraid.

“How about it? As long as you contract with me,

you will have the supreme divine power to control
everything. You will become the true King of Earth.”
Lie floated in the air and looked down at the entire
arena like a god. It was as though the humans in the
arena were ants that he could toy with.

“I’m not interested in losers,” Zhou Wen said.

“If you have any doubts about my strength, you can

use all your strength. Try again and see if you can
injure me,” Lie continued arrogantly. “Of course, I’m
different from trash like Joseph. You can use any
Companion Beast or external force as you wish
without any qualms.”

“Is that so? Then I really want to give it a try,” Zhou

Wen said calmly.

“Then what are you waiting for? Do it now. Reveal

your strongest strength and your strongest
Companion Beast. I’ll let you know what a true
Guardian is. I’m completely different from that
trash, Joseph. This is the true Guardian’s strength,”
Lie said.

“Since you think Joseph is trash, why did you

contract him?” Zhou Wen asked.

“Humans are mostly trash. There was no better

choice. We can only make do by choosing trash with
a suitable physique. However, since there’s a
human like you, I naturally don’t need that useless
trash,” Lie said.

“Is that so? Then let me see how strong you are.” As
Zhou Wen spoke, he summoned the Tyrant
Behemoth boxing glove and threw a punch at the
levitating Lie.

“A boxing glove with Absolute Strength? Such

strength might be useful against other Guardians,
but to me... It’s useless... Bam...” Before Lie could
finish his sentence, Zhou Wen struck him in the
chest.

However, Lie didn’t realize that just as Zhou Wen’s

boxing glove was about to hit him, a crystalline blue
thread appeared in the boxing glove. It stabbed into
Lie’s body with a terrifying icy aura.

In an instant, Lie’s body froze. Following that, the

Absolute Strength-powered punch blasted the
frozen body into ice fragments.

Just like that, Lie was killed with a single punch. He

couldn’t even use Hypocritical Transaction. The
controlled people immediately regained their
freedom. The fog in the arena dissipated as warm
sunlight scattered down, bathing Zhou Wen in
sunlight.
“From the looks of it, you are also trash,” Zhou Wen
said coldly as he looked at the ice shards that filled
the sky.

For some reason, the people who were very

concerned about Zhou Wen defeating Joseph felt an
inexplicable sense of joy when they heard Zhou
Wen’s words.

“He’s so powerful... Zhou Wen is really so

powerful...” Li Benyi was so excited that he was
incoherent.

Li Benyu was already dumbfounded. This was the

first time he had seen such a person. He didn’t
know what to say.

“F*ck it. Guardians aren’t that impressive. They’re

just trash. They can’t even withstand a single punch
from Zhou Wen.”
“That’s right. What trash Guardians? We humans
are the strongest.”

“How can I become as strong as Zhou Wen? I also

want to kill those detestable Guardians.”

...

The beliefs in Frost City seemed to change in an

extremely short period of time. The belief that
Guardians were invincible was slowly fading.

Although it was impossible for them to completely

change because of this matter, at least there was
already a seed of restlessness sprouting in their
hearts.
“Sorry, I originally wanted to hand Joseph over to
you, but I never expected...” Zhou Wen returned to
the lounge and said apologetically to Lance, Sadie,
and Gulli.

“This has nothing to do with you, but there’s

something I hope you can help me with,” Lance
said.

“What’s the matter?” Zhou Wen asked in

puzzlement.

“My great-grandfather wants to meet you,” Lance

said seriously.

“I should greet the elders,” Zhou Wen said.

“Follow me. This might be a little different from the

elder you imagine.” Lance only invited Zhou Wen.
Li Xuan, Feng Qiuyan, and Ya’er had to wait outside.
They weren’t on the invitation list.

Zhou Wen originally believed that no matter how

bad Lance’s great-grandfather’s personality was, he
wouldn’t bicker with him on account of Lance and
Sadie.

However, when he really saw Lance’s great-

grandfather, he realized that it wasn’t what he had
imagined.

Lance took Zhou Wen to the depths of Frost City. It

was a place that resembled an ice cave that had
existed for billions of years. And on the ice wall of
the ice cave, there was a humanoid sculpture.
One could see that the sculpture was a very
majestic elder, but there were no signs of it being a
man-made carving. It was as though the elder’s ice
sculpture had grown out of the ice wall.

“Great-grandfather... I brought Zhou Wen here...”

When Lance bowed at the ice sculpture, his words
left Zhou Wen dumbfounded.

“Hello, Zhou Wen. I’m Frod.” The ice sculpture

actually spoke. Furthermore, the name he said left
Zhou Wen even more alarmed.

“Frod? Could it be that you are one of the six

heroes, Frod?” Zhou Wen had learned this name
countless times in his textbooks, so he naturally
wouldn’t forget it.
However, according to what Zhou Wen knew, other
than the old hero from the Dugu family, the other
five heroes should have passed away.

Even if Frod was still alive, he couldn’t be an ice

sculpture, right?

Chapter 1005: Flaws of the Six Heroes

Translator: CKtalon

“You don’t have to be so surprised. He’s indeed our

family’s hero and pride, my great-grandfather,
Frod,” Lance said.

“But...” Zhou Wen looked at Frod in the ice wall. No

matter how he looked at him, it was just an ice
sculpture. Apart from having a humanoid shape, it
didn’t have any human characteristics.
The ice sculpture-like Frod revealed a smile. “The
reason I became like this is because I violated the
agreement with the holy temple. If you are
interested, I can tell you the story.”

Zhou Wen naturally wanted to know. He knew too

little about the older generation.

“Back then, Zhang Daotian, Xia Jiuhuang, and I were

still very young. We were about the same age as
you...” Frod slowly said as he sank into his
memories.

When the dimensional storms descended, many

unknown mysterious areas appeared in the human
world. Many people died because they found
themselves in the mysterious areas. Many deranged
people obtained powers that were akin to
superpowers. Human society nearly collapsed.
At that moment, six youths stood forward and used
their strength to defeat all the great devils. They
expelled them overseas and established a new
order—the current Federation.

The six youths were naturally the six heroes of the

past.

However, Frod’s story was somewhat different from

the legend of the six heroes. According to him,
there was no such thing as six heroes because there
were many young people who had entered the Holy
Land with them.

Among the people who came out of the Holy Land,

eventually, six of them were the most famous.
Furthermore, they established the Federation
government, so they became the legend of the six
heroes.
“In fact, many of the people who entered the Holy
Land with us back then had talent that wasn’t
inferior to the six of us. They were even stronger
than us. For example, Jing Daoxian’s talent far
exceeded the six of us. Unfortunately, he didn’t
obtain the recognition of the six Holy Temples, nor
did he obtain a special physique.” When Frod said
that, his expression turned odd. “However, Jing
Daoxian’s failure might not be a bad thing. This is
because although we were glorious when we
obtained the special physiques and Companion
Beasts, something unimaginable happened later.”

“What happened?” Zhou Wen couldn’t help but ask.

“The physiques given to us by the six Holy Temples

all have different flaws, but we didn’t know about
them beforehand,” Frod answered.
“What flaws?” Zhou Wen was puzzled.

“For example, Xia Jiuhuang’s Connate Sacred Body

is an almost undying physique. However, a Connate
Sacred Body has to maintain its virginity. Once one
loses their virginity, the Connate Sacred Body will
be gone. The other five physiques also have various
strange flaws, but they aren’t as obvious as the
Connate Sacred Body.”

Frod paused for a moment before continuing, “Due

to the existence of these flaws, we had no choice
but to think of a way to resolve them. However, no
matter what method we used, we were unable to
make up for them. Therefore, in order to prevent
our flaws from being exploited by others, we had no
choice but to think of various methods. The easiest
way to resolve them was to seek help from the Holy
Temple.”
“In that case, the Holy Temple is using these special
physiques to threaten you?” Zhou Wen understood
what Frod meant.

“That’s right. On the surface, the six of us are the six

heroes of the Federation, but in fact, we are just
puppets of the Holy Temple. During that period of
time, many of the things we did came from the Holy
Temple’s orders, including the establishment of the
Federation government.” Frod revealed a secret
that left Zhou Wen shocked beyond belief.

“Could it be that... the Federation government is

actually just a puppet government?” Zhou Wen
widened his eyes.

Frod shook his head. “Not entirely. In fact, the six

families are secretly searching for a way to resolve
their problems in order to escape the Holy Temple’s
control.
“Furthermore, it’s a huge mistake if the Holy
Temple thinks that they can completely control us
like this.” Frod said indifferently, “It’s precisely
because I disobeyed the Holy Temple’s orders that
they made use of the weakness in my physique to
turn me into this. The other fellows also did the
same thing openly or secretly. Therefore, although
the Holy Temple has a huge influence on the
Federation, they don’t have absolute influence
because they can’t descend personally.

“In addition, Wang Mingyuan had previously used

the power of the Holy Temple to weaken the
connection between the Holy Land and Earth. This
decreased the influence again, but it still can’t be
underestimated. If the Holy Temple insists on doing
something, they will have many ways to achieve
their goals. The six hero families aren’t completely
united,” said Frod.
“You didn’t invite me here just to tell me this,
right?” Zhou Wen asked.

Frod looked at Zhou Wen with an odd expression.

After a long while, he said, “I got Lance to invite you
here because I wish you to help me and my family
do something. If this can be done, perhaps our
family can completely escape the control of the
Holy Temple.”

“Aren’t you thinking too highly of me?” Zhou Wen

had entered the Holy Land before and had visited a
few Holy Temples. He knew that there were
extremely terrifying existences there.

In the past, he had only felt that they were strong.

Now that he thought about it, the existences in the
temple were likely all at the Terror grade or even
stronger.
Frod smiled and said, “If you can do it, it will be very
beneficial to you.”

“Can you tell me what it is?” Zhou Wen was still

very curious.

“In the Maze of Lies, there’s the mask of the God of

Mischief. Only by obtaining that mask can we use
the power of the mask to escape the influence of
the special physique. I hope you can help us obtain
that mask.” Frod paused before saying, “In return,
I’ll tell you a secret regarding the Holy Land. You will
definitely be interested in it.”

Zhou Wen looked at Frod with an odd expression.

Although he was Lance’s elder, he didn’t have any
intention of helping him considering how he was
being so vague.
From Zhou Wen’s expression, Frod knew what he
was thinking. Therefore, he said, “This secret is
related to the disappearance of Professor Ouyang
Ting and company. You are very concerned about
this matter, right?”

“Professor Ouyang Ting went missing in Zhuolu. It

has nothing to do with the Holy Land.” Zhou Wen
frowned.

Frod smiled and said, “Child, the six Holy Temples

represent the six strongest races of the dimension.
Zhuolu is the battlefield of the divine war between
two of the races. And you think it’s unrelated?”

Zhou Wen looked at Frod with some hesitation

because he wasn’t sure if he could believe him.

To others, the six heroes might be extremely lofty

existences, but Zhou Wen had seen Xia Jiuhuang’s
horror and knew that they were actually different
from the heroes spoken about in legend.

Chapter 1006: Don’t Board the Ship

Translator: CKtalon

Seeing Zhou Wen hesitate, Frod continued,

“Although dimensional creatures appear on Earth in
the form of higher-level lifeforms and are very
similar to the legendary gods, through the years of
contact with them and the things they have done,
it’s very likely that Earth isn’t as low-level as they
say. Or rather, there’s something they need on
Earth. That’s why they didn’t hesitate to descend to
Earth and incite humans to wage war. In the end, it
even evolved into a war between gods.”

“I once heard that there’s a saying in the dimension

that Earth is the birthplace of all dimensional
creatures,” Zhou Wen said after some thought.
“This theory is novel, but it’s not impossible.” Frod
continued, “I’ve secretly studied it before. I
discovered that there have been traces of special
forces behind every large-scale war in history. The
older the era, the more obvious the forces behind it
are. It’s just like the Zhuolu battle in your East
District. After my research, I discovered the traces
of many terrifying creatures from the dimension.
Furthermore, this has a lot to do with the race that
the two temples belong to. I even discovered traces
of the two races appearing in the war. The other
families clearly discovered something amiss.
Someone seemed to have discovered something
and wanted to delve deeper. Therefore, Ouyang
Ting’s team entered Zhuolu for research.

“After this group entered Zhuolu, many strange

things happened. As I was also paying attention to
this matter, I once sent people to infiltrate the
research team. However, I later realized that the
person I sent to the research team had been
switched without us realizing it. If it wasn’t for the
need for the person to contact us through a special
channel every once in a while, we wouldn’t have
known that this person had been replaced.”

Frod took a deep breath and continued, “Later on, I

sent some people there to test the personnel.
Finally, I confirmed that the person was no longer
the original him, but even those who were more
familiar with him couldn’t find any flaws. Therefore,
I checked the rest of the team and discovered many
problems. Apart from Ouyang Ting, who was the
head of the research team and someone I
confirmed to be the actual person, I found many
suspicious points on the others.”

“Did you find out who did all this?” Zhou Wen
asked.
“No. Up to now, I still don’t know who did all of this.
Even the six families will find it difficult to pull it off.
It’s not difficult to replace one or two people, but to
replace most of the experts in the research team,
not only do the people have to look the same, but
they also need to have similar expertise. Otherwise,
it will be very difficult to continue the research. At
the very least, I can’t think of anyone who can do
it,” said Frod.

“Which aspect is the secret you mentioned?” Zhou

Wen finally believed that Frod might know
something.

He already knew what Frod had said, but there was

no progress.

“If my judgment is correct, don’t you find it strange

that everyone else has been replaced except
Professor Ouyang Ting?” Frod asked.
“Is it because Professor Ouyang Ting’s professional
abilities can’t be replaced by others?” Zhou Wen
asked.

“That might be a partial reason. They only changed

the people, but they didn’t stop the research from
continuing. I’m certain that the mastermind behind
this is also very interested in Zhuolu’s research, so
Ouyang Ting’s existence is rather important.
However, after my investigations and research, I
discovered something even more shocking. This has
something to do with Professor Ouyang Ting.
Perhaps you will be interested.” Frod didn’t
continue.

“What’s the mask in the Maze of Lies? A

dimensional creature?” Zhou Wen was already
tempted. He really wanted to know the truth of the
past. He vaguely felt that the truth of the matter
wasn’t as simple as the former principal’s life and
death.

“It’s not a dimensional creature. It’s an extremely

special item. You can treat it as the core of a
dimensional zone, or you can treat it as something
that suppresses the dimensional zone. If that item is
taken away, the restrictions on the dimensional
zones will be completely lifted. The dimensional
creatures inside will be able to enter and exit freely.
Therefore, if you want to take the mask away, the
problems with the dimensional creatures inside
have to be resolved. We can’t leave any trouble
behind, so we need your help,” said Frod.

Zhou Wen thought to himself, In that case, that

mask is probably something like the stone saber in
Ancient Sovereign City or the jade box in Chess
Mountain.
After some thought, Zhou Wen said, “I can promise
to do my best, but I can’t guarantee success. I’ll
consider my safety first.”

“That’s enough. I believe that with your strength

and the strength our family has accumulated over
the years, it won’t be difficult for you to control the
situation,” said Frod.

“Also, I need full authority. I’ll decide when to enter,

when to retreat, and when to take action,” Zhou
Wen said.

Frod hesitated for a moment before looking at

Lance.

Lance nodded slightly. “I believe in Zhou Wen.”

Only then did Frod look at Zhou Wen and say, “In
that case, I’ll entrust my family’s lives to you.”

After a pause, Frod continued, “Back then, I had

been investigating matters related to the six
temples. Zhuolu was one of them. Therefore,
before the scientific research team went to Zhuolu,
my family had already studied Zhuolu and met
Professor Ouyang Ting there. That was more than
ten years before the Zhuolu project began.”

Zhou Wen wasn’t surprised. He had always

suspected that the former principal had been to
Zhuolu before.

Frod sighed softly. “When I met him we chatted a

lot. After Professor Ouyang Ting heard about my
investigation, he also told me some of his special
discoveries in Zhuolu. However, because he needed
further research to confirm some of his discoveries,
he didn’t say much. Not long after that, I became
what I am now. Many things can only be done by
others, so I couldn’t communicate with Professor
Ouyang Ting further. Later, I don’t know what
happened, but Professor Ouyang Ting didn’t
continue studying Zhuolu. Instead, he returned to
his education work until the Zhuolu project
started...”

Zhou Wen listened quietly. He knew that Frod was

about to get to the point.

As expected, Frod continued, “In fact, after

discovering the problem with the people we sent
out, I also tried to secretly contact Professor
Ouyang Ting. However, at that time, he seemed to
realize that his environment wasn’t safe, or that he
was secretly being controlled by someone.
Therefore, he secretly sent me a message.”
“What message?” Zhou Wen hurriedly asked.

“Only four words. Don’t board the ship,” Frod said

with a strange expression.

Chapter 1007: If the Catastrophe Really Existed

Translator: CKtalon

“Don’t board the ship? What ship?” Zhou Wen

asked in puzzlement, but he had some thoughts.

“I don’t know what ship he’s talking about either.

That’s all he sent. However, other than that, he also
sent me a piece of paper that came from a diary
and a hand-drawn sketch. There should be a
connection between the two.” Frod gestured for
Lance to take out a piece of paper from a box
beside him for Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen took the piece of paper and looked at it.
He realized that it was indeed a very ordinary piece
of diary paper. It wasn’t very big. On one side of the
paper was a sketch. It was an anchor with a
woman’s side profile.

This picture... When Zhou Wen saw the picture, he

immediately felt as though he had grasped
something, but he couldn’t make the connections. It
was an extremely uncomfortable feeling.

When Frod mentioned the ship, Zhou Wen had a

nagging feeling that it might be related to the
anchor woman he had seen before. Now, he was
finally certain that this was the anchor woman.

Perhaps the disappearance of the former principal

was related to this symbol.
Don’t board the ship... Could it be... There’s really
such a ship... Then, could the missing former
principal have boarded this ship? Countless
thoughts flashed through Zhou Wen’s mind.

Frod continued, “Later on, when I wanted to

contact Professor Ouyang Ting, there was a
problem with the information network. Before I
could deploy more people, something happened to
the research team.”

“It would have been fine if something had

happened during the research, but after my
investigations, that wasn’t the case. The day before
Professor Ouyang Ting and company went missing,
a batch of things was transported out, but those
things mysteriously disappeared. No matter how I
investigated, I couldn’t find their whereabouts. If it
wasn’t for the information left by the people I had
previously planted, I wouldn’t have known that
there was such a batch of things,” Frod said.
“What were the items?” Lance was also attracted
by the story and couldn’t help but ask.

“I don’t know. The people I planted were only in

charge of supplies. They couldn’t enter the core
research team. Furthermore, during that period of
time, my information network was severely
damaged. Only one survived. I only made contact
with him a few days after the incident.”

Frod said coldly, “After that, I carefully studied the

pattern and the Zhuolu research team. Clearly,
someone had deliberately erased all the clues and
made it impossible to find anything. However, the
pattern has been discovered in some places and
investigations bore fruit.”

Zhou Wen and Lance looked at Frod. They wanted

to know what the anchor symbol represented.
After studying it for so long, Zhou Wen still couldn’t
figure out what it represented.

Frod said, “You should have heard of myths

regarding floods, right? No matter which district’s
myths or a religion’s legend, there are similar
legends of a flood.”

Zhou Wen nodded. “There’s indeed a similar flood

legend in the East District. Legend has it that the
Water God fought the Fire God and slammed into
Mt. Buzhou, causing the heavenly pillar to shatter. A
huge flood descended from the sky and drowned
the entire world.”

Frod nodded and said, “Apart from the myths in

your East District, there are many similar myths in
the other districts. The ones that are more famous
are the religious myths—Noah’s Ark. There are
similar legends all over the world. Don’t you think
it’s very coincidental? What if this really happened
and isn’t a legend?”

“You mean that the anchor symbol originated from

Noah’s Ark? Then what does Professor Ouyang Ting
mean by not to board the ship? Isn’t Noah’s Ark a
ship that saves humans and various creatures in
myths?” Zhou Wen felt that this was somewhat
contradictory.

However, Frod shook his head and said, “What I

mean is the speculation of the flood, not the
existence of Noah’s Ark.”

“Is there a difference?” Zhou Wen asked.

“Of course. Before the dimensional storms,

research found that the continents that are
scattered across the oceans might have been a
whole. If there was some force that split the
supercontinent, it could explain the flood that
happened all over the world. It was because the
supercontinent was forcefully separated by some
force, resulting in a tidal wave that overwhelmed
the entire world. What kind of force could split a
supercontinent? In the past, someone raised a
theory of continental drift, believing that the
supercontinent had split because of the centrifugal
force generated by a celestial body’s gravity and
Earth’s rotation. However, ever since the
appearance of the dimension, I’m more inclined to
another explanation.” Frod’s eyes turned sharp.

“What explanation?” Zhou Wen asked.

“Perhaps a dimensional creature cracked the

supercontinent,” said Frod.
“But why would they do that? What do they gain
from doing so?” Zhou Wen said after some thought.

“Didn’t I say that dimensional creatures wanted to

find something on Earth? Perhaps that’s why they
cracked the supercontinent. Of course, this is only
my guess.” Frod continued, “I’ve also discovered
that symbol in some places, but they are all places
related to dimensional zones. Furthermore, they
have been discovered all over the world. I don’t
think it’s a coincidence. Perhaps a ship really
appeared during the flood, but it wasn’t Noah’s Ark
that saved the world. Instead, it was a terrifying
creature from a dimensional zone that descended
to Earth. They tore through the waves and ripped
through the entire supercontinent with a wave of
their hands. They directly entered the continent by
ship and might have saved some creatures that
looked more pleasing to the eye. This then gave rise
to the legend of Noah’s Ark...”
Zhou Wen and Lance were dumbfounded when
they heard that. To shatter the land with a wave of
a hand was a terrifying force.

However, Zhou Wen felt that it wasn’t impossible.

In the division of the Mythical stage, there was still
the Calamity grade above the Terror grade. Perhaps
a Calamity-grade powerhouse was capable of that.

If there’s really such a ship, is the ship the former

principal said not to board the same one? That ship
still exists on Earth? Then what about the
dimensional creatures on the ship? Countless
questions flashed through Zhou Wen’s mind.

“I’m not sure, but there’s one thing I’m certain of.
I’ve seen creatures in the Holy Temples. I saw the
anchor symbol on their clothes.” Frod’s last
sentence reminded Zhou Wen of someone.
Previously, when Zhou Wen entered the Holy
Temple, he had encountered an amnesiac named
Ah Lai. He said that he had gone out to sea with his
father before encountering a storm. However,
when he woke up, he found himself inside the Holy
Temple.

Now, Zhou Wen suddenly wanted to ask Ah Lai

what the captain of the ship looked like.

Although Zhou Wen felt that the Ah Lai family’s ship

was likely different from the ship in the
catastrophe, he had a nagging feeling that there
might be a connection between Ah Lai’s appearance
in the Holy Temple after encountering the storm.

Chapter 1008: Multiple Dungeons

Translator: CKtalon
After leaving the underground ice cavern, Zhou
Wen was still thinking about what Frod had said.

If the Holy Land was really related to that ship, and

they had been in operation for so many years,
secretly supporting humans to form the Federation,
then their goal was clearly not simple.

What’s on Earth that even Calamity-grade

dimensional creatures drool over? Zhou Wen still
couldn’t figure it out.

However, he had already realized that Earth was

definitely not as inferior as it looked. Many
dimensional creatures on Earth had immense
potential. Although their levels were relatively low,
if they could develop, they might become
existences that could make even the dimension
tremble.
Ignoring everything else, Zhou Wen was certain that
Torch Dragon would be extremely terrifying if it
could advance to the Terror or even the Calamity
grade in the future.

Agreeing to help Frod didn’t seem like a bad thing

for Zhou Wen.

He had obtained some information regarding the

Maze of Lies from the Ultimate Family Clan. Now,
Zhou Wen finally knew why he could only see the
Mischief Clown in the Maze of Lies.

This was because the Maze of Lies was actually a

very special dimensional zone. This dimensional
zone was split into seven different states. From
Monday to Sunday, the Maze of Lies would undergo
some changes every day.
It happened to be Monday when Zhou Wen cleared
the Maze of Lies. This was the weakest day of the
Maze of Lies, and there was only Mischief Clown on
that day.

After Tuesday, there would be more and more

terrifying dimensional creatures in the maze. Before
Friday, all kinds of dimensional creatures below the
Mythical stage would appear.

On Saturday, Mythical creatures were a certainty.

As for the final Sunday, it was the most terrifying
day in the Maze of Lies. All kinds of dimensional
creatures would undergo huge changes on that day.
Even the weakest Mischief Clown would have
Mythical powers.

The Maze of Lies that day was no different from an

abyssal hell. Furthermore, that was the only day
that the mask would only appear.
Even with the Ultimate Family Clan’s present
strength, it was impossible for them to conquer the
maze on that day, much less kill all the dimensional
creatures inside.

This was because after the mask was taken out, the
seal on the Maze of Lies would vanish. Therefore,
not only did Frod want to obtain the mask, but he
also wanted to destroy all the dimensional
creatures inside and completely have the Maze of
Lies under control. Even if dimensional creatures
entered through spatial rifts, it would only be a
small number. Furthermore, with preparations in
advance, the Ultimate Family Clan could deal with
them easily.

The only thing Zhou Wen was worried about was

that the last time he pulled out the stone saber, it
triggered an anomaly in Guide City, causing more
high-level dimensional creatures to appear.
If such a situation happened in the Maze of Lies, it
would be troublesome. He wondered if the
Ultimate Family Clan could handle it.

These weren’t problems that Zhou Wen needed to

consider. The Ultimate Family Clan didn’t plan on
immediately attempting the Maze of Lies, so they
first got Lance to take Zhou Wen to the Maze of Lies
to familiarize him with it. They themselves needed
some time to make preparations.

Of course, Lance didn’t take Zhou Wen to the Maze

of Lies on Sunday. However, it was too long to wait
for Monday, so there was no need for that.
Therefore, he chose to start on Thursday.

After Zhou Wen returned, he planned on

understanding the Maze of Lies in-game before
realizing that after he entered the game, it was still
the Maze of Lies on Monday. There was only the
Mischief Clown inside.

What’s going on? It’s clearly Wednesday today,

right? Zhou Wen suddenly thought of a possibility.

He arrived in front of Maze of Lies and took another

picture of the tiny palm symbol. In the end, the
loading screen appeared again. Soon after the
download was completed, two options—Monday
and Wednesday—appeared when launching the
Maze of Lies in-game.

Holy sh*t, this actually has multiple dungeons! Zhou

Wen entered Wednesday’s Maze of Lies dungeon
and indeed, he realized that Mischief Clowns
weren’t the only ones. There were also Witches and
Sorcerers.
Furthermore, the buildings in the Maze of Lies
looked even more sinister and terrifying. The merry-
go-round at the entrance had turned into one with
skeleton horses with blood flowing from their eyes.

Therefore, Zhou Wen waited until Thursday before

heading to Maze of Lies with Lance and company to
download Thursday’s dungeon.

Standing in front of the maze, Lance said to Zhou

Wen and company, “After entering the maze, make
sure you do not speak. If you accidentally speak the
truth, you will definitely die. Therefore, the best
way is to not to say anything. Our family has a
special silencer that can temporarily seal our ability
to talk. This is the safest way. Also, to enter the
Maze of Lies, there’s a very terrifying obstacle. You
have to answer the question on the door before you
can enter. Furthermore, the answer has to be a lie
or you will be killed. This is because the questions
are random and there are trap questions.
Furthermore, the answers aren’t fixed for everyone.
Many people died here. If you want to enter, you
have to take a huge risk. If there’s no need, it’s best
not to enter.”

Lance’s words were mainly directed at Feng Qiuyan

and Li Xuan. Even if they were powerful, they might
die at the door if they answered wrongly.

“It’s best I don’t enter such a strange place. I’ll stay

here to take care of Ya’er.” Unexpectedly, Li Xuan
chose not to enter.

In fact, Li Xuan wasn’t as carefree as he usually

appeared. He didn’t mind because it was built on
the premise that he wasn’t in any danger. Li Xuan
wasn’t willing to take the risk for no reason in a
place that might prevent him from recovering.
However, Feng Qiuyan said, “Since I’m here, I want
to enter to take a look.”

Sadie and Gulli didn’t plan on entering either. In the

end, other than Zhou Wen, Feng Qiuyan, and Lance,
there was only a silencer from the Ultimate Family
Clan.

“Zhou Wen, go in first. With us around, we can give

you some suggestions to prevent any problems. If
you really aren’t confident, you can choose not to
answer and quit. That’s the safest way,” Lance said
to Zhou Wen.

“Alright.” Zhou Wen was somewhat uneasy. He had

already secretly downloaded Thursday’s dungeon,
so it wasn’t difficult to enter.

However, there would always be some baffling

problems from the Maze of Lies. If he wasn’t
confident, he could only use Heaven-Opening
Scripture of the Highest Elder to gain entry.

Zhou Wen stood in front of the door. A line of text

immediately appeared on the ancient door that
resembled a clown’s front teeth.

Everyone looked at the line of text, wanting to

know what the problem was. However, the moment
they saw the question, their expressions turned
odd.

Chapter 1009: Sunday Dungeon

Translator: CKtalon

“Choose between one: a friend or a top Mythical

Companion Egg. The other will be destroyed. What
will your choice be?” Zhou Wen was slightly taken
aback when he saw this question.
The definition of friends had a very wide range.
Even very good friends would sometimes choose to
sacrifice their friends when faced with enough
benefits. Human nature often failed to withstand
tests.

“Zhou Wen, step back. It’s very difficult to have the

correct answer to this question,” Lance immediately
said.

If Zhou Wen was a little tempted by a top Mythical

Companion Egg, his choice of friend would result in
his death. Also, choosing a top Mythical Companion
Egg would make others think that Zhou Wen didn’t
value friends.

Of course, the choice was the other way around,

but this didn’t hinder one’s comprehension.
“That’s right. There are many types of friends. How
can we generalize them? This question is a huge
trap. Don’t answer it. Let’s try again tomorrow,”
Gulli said.

“It’s fine. There’s no need to wait for tomorrow. It’s

a waste of time.” Zhou Wen secretly activated the
Heaven-Opening Scripture and chose top Mythical
Companion Egg. Under normal logic, it meant Zhou
Wen had chosen ‘friend.’

Lance and company didn’t know that Zhou Wen had

the ability to restrain all sorts of taboo powers.
When they saw that Zhou Wen had chosen ‘friend,’
they broke out into a cold sweat for him. He might
die if there was any screw up.

However, Zhou Wen walked into the Maze of Lies

unscathed and didn’t die.
The silencer on the side said in surprise, “He’s
actually willing to give up a top Mythical Companion
Egg without any hesitation. Such a person is already
rare.”

“With Coach’s strength, a top Mythical Companion

Egg is nothing to him. It’s normal for him to choose
a friend,” Gulli said.

However, Feng Qiuyan said, “Even if Coach didn’t

have a Mythical Companion Egg to choose from, I
believe he would choose a friend.”

“Regardless, I believe Zhou Wen is a rare friend,”

Lance said.

Li Xuan knew Zhou Wen well, but he didn’t say a

word.
Zhou Wen actually wasn’t sure how he would
choose. After all, it depended on the situation. He
didn’t dare confirm that he would choose a friend,
so for safety’s sake, he used the Heaven-Opening
Scripture.

Next, it was Feng Qiuyan’s turn. Feng Qiuyan’s

question wasn’t difficult, so he easily gained entry.

The silencer and Lance joined in. Their questions

didn’t have huge traps. All they needed to do was
answer accordingly by lying.

After entering the maze, the silencer cast a silencing

spell on Zhou Wen and company, preventing them
from speaking as a way to stop them from saying
anything wrong.

As it was only Thursday, although there were many

types of dimensional creatures inside, they didn’t
discover any Mythical creatures. The few of them
didn’t take long to clean up the maze.

With Lance and the silencer who were familiar with

the area, it wasn’t a problem.

After leaving the maze, Lance said to Zhou Wen,

“We can continue coming here to familiarize
ourselves with the situation on Friday and Saturday.
However, don’t enter on Sunday for the time being.
All of us will enter when we’re ready.”

“I’ll just take a look myself. There’s no need for you

to specially accompany me. You can busy yourself
with your matters.” Zhou Wen actually didn’t wish
to enter in reality. He only wanted to quickly
download the Sunday dungeon and enter the
Sunday dungeon in-game to figure out the situation
inside.
Lance naturally trusted Zhou Wen’s strength, so he
didn’t insist on accompanying him.

Zhou Wen went there on Friday, Saturday, and

Sunday alone, but he only looked at the question on
the door before returning without answering.

When others asked, he only said that he wasn’t

confident about the question on the door, so he
didn’t enter.

He finally downloaded the Sunday dungeon. After

returning, Zhou Wen couldn’t wait to launch it. He
wanted to see what was different about the Sunday
dungeon.

After launching the game dungeon, the blood-

colored avatar stood in front of the door and he
found it a little different from before. The door to
the maze that looked like a clown’s face had already
turned into skull-like material. The skeleton clown’s
face was still emitting black smoke as blood flowed
from its eyes. It looked extremely ferocious and
terrifying.

Zhou Wen directly used the Heaven-Opening

Scripture to avoid the question on the door, saving
him the trouble of wasting time.

When the door opened, the scene Zhou Wen saw

was indeed different from the Maze of Lies he had
previously seen.

Although the layout didn’t seem to have changed

much, strange blood flames burned in the maze.
The merry-go-round had turned into bones with
blood flames burning on them.

Everywhere he looked was filled with bones and

blood flames. It was like hell.
A Mischief Clown appeared on one of the horses. Its
face looked even more sinister. Furthermore, its
originally colorful body had turned black and white.
Such purity made it look even stranger.

The three-colored balls also turned black and white.

Each ball was half black and half white, completely
different from what Zhou Wen had seen before.

When Mischief Clown saw the blood-colored avatar,

it immediately flashed and vanished from the horse.

Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth to block

him. As he didn’t know anything about this
completely different looking Mischief Clown, Zhou
Wen could only choose to first understand its
abilities.
The vanished Mischief Clown appeared in front of
Tyrant Behemoth like a ghost. It threw the magic
ball in its hand at Tyrant Behemoth.

Tyrant Behemoth’s reaction was extremely fast as it

struck the black-and-white magic ball.

However, the black-and-white magic ball vanished

in front of Tyrant Behemoth’s fist. Zhou Wen
immediately felt that something was amiss as he
hurriedly controlled the blood-colored avatar to
teleport away.

Indeed, the black-and-white magic ball seemed to

pass through Tyrant Behemoth and appeared
behind it before flying into the distance.

If Zhou Wen hadn’t dodged, the black-and-white

magic ball would have hit him.
What ability is that? It’s completely different from
ordinary Mischief Clowns. Zhou Wen was somewhat
surprised.

However, the Mischief Clown didn’t give him any

time to be surprised. He threw out one black-and-
white magic ball after another.

Unlike ordinary Mischief Clowns, it didn’t only have

three black-and-white magic balls, but a total of six.
Every black-and-white magic ball looked identical.

Even if the magic ball that it threw didn’t hit its

target, it would bounce back after hitting
something. The black-and-white magic ball that
bounced back would become even faster.
The six magic balls quickly shot out from nearby.
Every time Tyrant Behemoth wanted to strike the
magic balls, the magic balls would vanish and
appear in another spot.

The magic balls only targeted the blood-colored

avatar. From the looks of it, not only did Sunday’s
Mischief Clown’s abilities become terrifying, but
even his intelligence seemed to have increased
greatly. He actually knew the principle of capturing
the leader.

Chapter 1010: Divination House of Fate

Translator: CKtalon

Zhou Wen realized that if he continued dodging, the

magic ball would bounce faster and faster. Sooner
or later, it would hit him, so he stopped dodging. He
pulled out the Bronze Sparrow Sword and slashed
at one of the magic balls that was bouncing towards
the blood-colored avatar.
Zhou Wen was already prepared for the magic ball
to suddenly vanish, but it didn’t vanish. It was struck
by the Bronze Sparrow Sword.

It was different from what he had imagined. The

magic ball didn’t seem to be very hard, nor did it
have any explosive effects. It didn’t have ice or fire,
nor did it have the effects of the yellow ball.

Just like that, the black-and-white magic ball was

cleaved into two by Zhou Wen before shattering
into powder.

In the next second, the devil-like clown appeared to

his left. His sharp black fingernails stabbed at the
blood-colored avatar’s neck.
The clown’s speed was very fast; it was definitely at
the Mythical stage. However, Zhou Wen’s reaction
and speed weren’t slow either. He extended his
hand to block the clown’s strike.

He originally wanted to use his left hand to block,

but he immediately realized that something was
amiss. This was because he was thinking of his left
hand, but his right hand ended up moving.
Furthermore, when he wanted to block with his left
hand, his right hand raised to the right. It was
completely opposite from what he had imagined.

In an instant, Zhou Wen reacted and understood

what had happened.

Seeing that the clown’s dagger-like fingernails had

already touched the skin on the blood-colored
avatar’s neck and were about to stab into it, Zhou
Wen’s body spun like a top as he barely dodged the
strike.

That magic ball actually has the ability to distort

thoughts and physical actions. When I think left, I
move right. When I think up, it moves down. If it
were anyone else, they wouldn’t have reacted in
time. The more they try to dodge, the more they
would slam into danger. Zhou Wen was extremely
calm. After figuring out the reason, he controlled his
body to circle around the clown.

It was very difficult for ordinary people to not make

mistakes after their thoughts and actions were
reversed, but Zhou Wen’s mind was extremely
clear. He didn’t make any mistakes as he dodged
the clown’s repeated attacks.

After the blood-colored avatar was hit by the magic

ball, the other magic balls didn’t attack him. One of
them hit Tyrant Behemoth, and then Tyrant
Behemoth revealed a situation where its thoughts
and actions were completely opposite.

Tyrant Behemoth clearly didn’t have Zhou Wen’s

powerful thought processes. It immediately became
at a loss for what to do. It wanted to rush left, but it
ended up charging right. Instead of retreating, it
advanced. It nearly tripped on its left leg and fell to
the ground.

Sunday’s Mischief Clown is so powerful... Just its

ability is so strange. I wonder how many Mischief
Clowns there are here. If there are as many as
usual, it would be very terrifying without even
including the other dimensional creatures, Zhou
Wen thought as he fought.

Soon, Zhou Wen discovered the secret of the

Mischief Clown’s magic ball. It turned out that the
magic ball couldn’t penetrate walls. Instead, during
its flight, it caused a spinning vortex to appear
around the ball due to its high-speed rotation. Once
the vortex stopped, the magic ball would
automatically deviate from its trajectory and dodge
the fist. It would slide down or sideways, making it
look like it had vanished.

In fact, Mischief Clown didn’t have spatial abilities.

It was just that the technique of throwing the magic
ball was very powerful.

The dimensional creatures here are really

interesting. I wonder if a Companion Egg will drop?
Zhou Wen was extremely interested in the Sunday
clown’s ability. Be it the method of throwing the
magic ball or the ability to subvert one’s thoughts
with the magic ball, they were very useful.
Furthermore, the clown had the ability to move
stealthily.
If it were anyone else, they would be doomed if
they couldn’t control their bodies when their
Companion Beasts couldn’t be used normally.
However, these abilities weren’t of much use
against Zhou Wen. Soon, he saw an opportunity.
When the clown appeared again, he used Light
Concealment Sword to kill it.

‘Killed Mythical creature, Devil Clown.’

Nothing dropped. Zhou Wen couldn’t help but be

somewhat disappointed. So this isn’t Mischief
Clown anymore. It’s a true Mythical creature. From
the looks of it, I’ll have to farm this place a few
more times in the future. Even if I can’t obtain a
Companion Egg, I can still obtain skill crystals.

After finishing off the Devil Clown, Zhou Wen

continued walking forward. However, before long,
the blood-colored avatar suddenly died and the
game screen went black.

How did I die? Zhou Wen carefully recalled, but he

still didn’t know how he died.

He had no choice but to drip his blood to revive

again and enter Maze of Lies. This time, Zhou Wen
didn’t see the Demon Clown on the merry-go-
round, so he walked straight ahead.

Zhou Wen originally imagined that there would be

quite a number of Devil Clowns here, but he only
saw one. He didn’t find a second one.

When Zhou Wen walked into an ancient castle, he

discovered another dimensional creature. This time,
it was a Divination Witch.
The Divination Witch started appearing in the
dungeon on Wednesday. She was also an Epic
dimensional creature. She was a terrifying-looking
old woman in blue clothes and a blue hat. She even
held a crystal ball in her hand.

Her abilities didn’t seem to be anything impressive.

She could only use the crystal ball to activate some
light-attribute waves.

However, the Divination Witch in front of him was

completely different. No, it wasn’t one, but two.

Two witches sat side by side behind the long table

in the ancient castle. One was dressed in white and
had a white hat, while the other was dressed in
black and had a black hat. Both of them were
maidens. They were completely different from the
old and ugly witches in the previous few days. They
were rather fair and beautiful.
Furthermore, they didn’t have a crystal ball in their
hands. The white-robed witch held a black poker
card in her hand, while the black-robed witch held a
white poker card in her hand.

The two witches sat there and silently watched

Zhou Wen walk into the hall. They had no intention
of attacking.

“Welcome to the Divination House of Fate. You can

draw a card from our hands to decide your fate.”
The white-robed witch and the black-robed witch
spoke at the same time. Their voices were
completely identical. If one closed their eyes, they
would think that only one person was speaking.

“Why should I draw your cards?” Zhou Wen wasn’t

interested in playing divination games with them.
He drew his sword and slashed at the white-robed
witch.

The white-robed witch was surprisingly weak. He

was already prepared for a fierce battle, but the
white-robed witch had fallen to the sword and had
her head beheaded by the Bronze Sparrow Sword.

However, at the instant the white-robed witch’s

head was chopped off, Zhou Wen realized that the
blood-colored avatar’s head had also fallen. The
way it fell was identical to the white-robed witch’s
head. It was as though it had been chopped off by
someone.

The game screen went black as Zhou Wen faced

death again.
This dungeon is really sick. What the hell is it? Zhou
Wen hadn’t died like this in a long time. The Maze
of Lies was somewhat different in every aspect.

Thankfully, this was in-game. It wasn’t a big deal to

die once. If it was in reality, Zhou Wen definitely
wouldn’t take the risk in such a dangerous place.

I wonder how much Frod and company know about

the Maze of Lies on Sunday? Zhou Wen felt that
helping Frod this time wouldn’t go so smoothly.