Apotheosis

Soon after Zen killed the Man-eating Demon Flower, the sand storm that had been raging around the area of about a hundred miles instantly vanished.

But as Zen gazed into the distance, he could see the billowing sand storm a hundred miles away.

"It looks like the Mist Summoning Spirit is not alone in this desert. I am sure there are others like it all over this place, even though the effect of each can only cover a hundred miles. If I continue to move forward, I'm afraid I'll fall into the space illusion of another Mist Summoning Spirit."

As he spoke, Zen's gaze fell on the elongated flute lying on the ground. He reached out his hand to grasp it. The flute revolved once before landing in his hand. "What kind of flute is this? I am definitely sure that she was lying about it. However, this flute can break the magic array set up by the Mist Summoning Spirit. It must be a tool that the people of the Sand Country use to cheat the True Gods. This might be helpful to get me out of this desert."

Just as he finished saying his thoughts aloud, he heard No. 9527's voice. "Your guess is one hundred percent correct. Haha! Looks like you can't be trapped easily."

Zen frowned at No. 9527's words. "All this while you were aware about it?"

"Of course. The actual name of the Mist Summoning Spirit is Man-eating Demon Flower. It's just a kind of demon plant in its nature. But I have to admit that its space illusion is quite unique," No. 9527 said.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Zen demanded.

No. 9527 grinned and answered, "I wanted you to personally experience the malice of the Source World. This is far different from the divine land. The Source World's environment is much worse. You can expect such danger everywhere."

After a long while, Zen rolled his eyes and spat out, "Damn!"

But No. 9527 was right on one point. The divine land was built by Chiyou for the Nine Li race, so the forbidden lands were bound to be the most dangerous places. Outside the forbidden lands, however, there wasn't much of a threat because there were almost zero fierce monsters.

The Source World was much more dangerous than the divine land. There was no forbidden lands here, but neverthele

e God Realm, he had to practice the Ways-blending Energy again. That was because the internal momentum that he had previously merged was not on consummate level.

The sequence of the Godly Ways to be merged remained the same, and his speed was also not slow. But there continued to occur many explosions along the way. It could be because he was anxious to leave the world as soon as possible. Or perhaps he caused the troubles deliberately.

At one time, the Ways-blending Energy at the consummation level exploded with great power. The barren land was blasted into pieces. Good thing was, the land was not inhabited.

As soon as Zen appeared in front of him, his eyes lit up with hope. He stood up, as he stared at Zen and asked eagerly, "Can... Can I leave now?"

Zen looked at the Evil God's restless and eager face and smiled faintly. "If I don't let you out now, I'm afraid you'll ruin my inner world."

The Evil God smiled sheepishly.

"Aren't you going to say goodbye to your wife?" Zen asked.

"No need for that," said the Evil God, shaking his head affirmatively.

"Well, then, relax yourself," Zen said as he pushed the Evil God.

The Evil God felt an invisible force grab him, and by that force, he felt himself rising above.

He flew across the blue sky, white clouds and nine stars and then into the depths of the world.

Soon after, he felt the sky and the earth spinning. Then he fell to the ground, to be greeted by a brand new world.